If Prop. 50 passes, California would forgo the current maps drawn by a 14-member group comprising five Republicans, five Democrats, and four commissioners not affiliated with the two major parties. Instead, new maps would favor Democrats in California's congressional elections as a way to counter similar, Republican-led plans elsewhere in the country to boost the GOP. If you're having trouble visualizing what, exactly, that could look like, these interactive maps help show both the big-picture, statewide changes and the changes to your own congressional district.
"Either Governor Abbott is just a complete buffoon and doesn't know what basic law is, or he's just doing this as a political stunt and using it to lie to the American public," said Wu.
