Newsom Signs Election Rigging Response Act Package: Proposition 50 Heads to November 4 Special Election
On August 21, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Election Rigging Response Act legislative package in Sacramento, California, sending the question of temporarily redrawing California's congressional districts to voters at a statewide special election on November 4, 2025, where it will appear on the ballot as Proposition 50.
The package has three parts: Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8 (ACA 8, by Speaker Robert Rivas and Senate President pro Tempore Mike McGuire), which allows Californians to adopt a new, temporary congressional map in response to congressional redistricting in Texas; Senate Bill 280 (SB 280, by Senators Sabrina Cervantes and Gail Pellerin), which establishes the timelines and procedures to conduct the special election for Proposition 50 and provides its funding, with the election set for November 4, 2025; and Assembly Bill 604 (AB 604, by Assemblymembers Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and Mark González), which establishes the temporary congressional district maps that would take effect if voters pass ACA 8 on November 4.
The package implements the framework Newsom announced the previous week at the Democracy Center in Los Angeles. Speaker Rivas said California would not be a bystander and was taking the question directly to the voters; President pro Tempore McGuire said the legislation is temporary and is about fairness, and that the day's action fought back with the power of the voters.
Newsom also issued a proclamation calling the special election for November 4, 2025.
(Source: Office of the Governor of California)
Source: Office of the Governor of California
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Photo: 图：位于 Sacramento 的加州州议会大厦圆顶，黄昏蓝调时刻灯光亮起。Frank Schulenburg 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons，本文裁剪为 16:9。 / Photo: The dome of the California State Capitol in Sacramento at blue hour. Photo by Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped to 16:9.
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