This November, voters will face a costly $300 million special election to decide the fate of Proposition 50 — a direct attack on California’s landmark Redistricting Reform.
Prop 50 will repeal part of the 2010 Voters First Act for Congress, which gave the power to draw California’s Congressional districts to an independent 14-member Citizens Redistricting Commission.
Voting NO would keep the current system and independent citizens in charge. Voting YES puts the State Legislature in charge of those maps.
Prop 50 will cost taxpayers nearly $300 million to hold a special election while California is facing a $20 billion deficit.
Sacramento politicians say we need to fight fire with fire, but Prop 50 is really setting fire to voter-approved independent redistricting. California shouldn’t follow Texas and other states to gerrymander its congressional maps.
We should continue to lead the country in showing that independent, citizen-led redistricting is the better path forward for fair, competitive elections. We can’t protect democracy by destroying it.
Prop 50 is sponsored by the same Sacramento career politicians who have crippled California with:
The nation’s highest cost of living
The nation’s highest poverty rate
The nation’s highest gasoline prices
The nation’s highest utility costs
They are pushing Prop 50 because they’re terrified that voters will hold them accountable for their failed leadership.
- Costs taxpayers nearly $300 million to pay for the special election, amid a $20 billion budget deficit
- Changes the constitution to replace the voter-approved non-partisan California Citizens Redistricting Commission
- Removes safeguards to keep cities, counties and local communities together
- Divides communities of color who fought to be represented in the same district
- Attacks California’s gold standard model for independent redistricting
- Puts politicians in charge of drawing congressional districts, letting them rig the system to guarantee re-election and punish political opponents
Join the fight to defeat Prop 50.
Protect voter-approved Redistricting Reform.
Say NO to the Self-serving Career Politicians.
Say NO to the Self-serving Career Politicians.