Across many parts of Orange County, voters passionate on both sides of Prop 50 waited in long lines at packed voting centers to cast their ballots Tuesday.

The special election on whether the state of California should have new, partisan congressional maps drawn up for the next three elections was a question that voters on both sides wanted to ensure their voices were heard – no matter the outcome.

Backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrats across the country, the changes to congressional districts are meant to give the state’s Democratic Party a boost in the upcoming midterm elections, a counter to similar gerrymandering efforts in Republican-led states at the behest of President Donald Trump.

On Tuesday, voters turned out in droves, filling the voting centers. Some who got their ballot

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