A voter drops his ballot in a drop box outside of San Francisco City Hall on Tuesday. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

One of the most consequential elections this year isn’t between a Democratic and Republican candidate, but over a ballot initiative in California .

Proposition 50 would allow California Democrats to replace the state’s congressional maps with ones the party hopes will help them to flip five GOP-held seats.

Democrats launched their redistricting push, led by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, after Texas Republicans redrew their maps to create five new seats that will favor the GOP at the behest of President Donald Trump.

Newsom has made himself the face of the effort, investing his own political capital into his party’s efforts to win back control of the US House next yea

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