Prop 50 sparks debate in Fresno, Clovis as special election nears and voters prepare to decide

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- We are weeks away from California's special election. Millions will get the chance to vote on Proposition 50.

"What Prop 50 does is it makes a one-time suspension of the commission that does the redistricting in the states that draw congressional districts. So that the districts can be changed," said Fresno State political science professor Thomas Holyoke.

Governor Newsom is pushing this proposition, Holyoke said, after the state of Texas planned to redraw its district lines to favor the republican party.

"In Texas, the district was redrawn so it might pick up five seats in the House of Representatives. And California, I believe, the hope is Democrats would pick up 5 seats in the House of Representatives and thereby canceling each other out," said Holyok