Overview
- Polls are open until 8 p.m., and state officials report that more than 7 million Californians have already cast ballots, much of it by mail.
- Proposition 50 would suspend the independent citizens’ commission and authorize the Legislature’s map for the 2026, 2028 and 2030 election cycles.
- The Justice Department is deploying federal monitors to polling places in Los Angeles, Kern, Riverside, Fresno and Orange counties.
- President Trump called the vote a “GIANT SCAM” and suggested mail ballots are under review, claims rejected as baseless by Gov. Gavin Newsom and Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber.
- Analysts say the proposal could shift up to five U.S. House seats toward Democrats, pre‑election polls showed majority support, and results will begin after polls close with additional legal challenges anticipated.