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Posted on 08/15/2025 5:32:37 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
California Democrats on Friday finalized their plan to snatch five GOP House seats next year by redrawing the state’s congressional lines, according to a copy of the new House map and other documents submitted to the Legislature on behalf of the DCCC.
The new lines, which voters would need to approve in a Nov. 4 special election, adds registered Democratic voters to districts held by Republicans and frontline Democrats, while making some safe blue districts slightly more competitive. State legislators are expected next week to place the new district lines on the statewide ballot, sparking a furious campaign to override the work of the state’s independent redistricting commission for the next several election cycles.
California’s bold and risky play, led by Gov. Gavin Newsom and senior members of the state’s congressional delegation, is designed to cancel out Republicans’ bid to flip five Democratic-held House seats in Texas — a tactic urged by President Donald Trump to retain the House majority.
“We will not stand by as Republicans attempt to rig the election in their favor and choose their voters,” Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Executive Director Julie Merz said in a statement. “It’s increasingly clear that Republicans will do anything to protect their narrow majority because they know they can’t win on their disastrous legislative record which has raised costs and rips away health care for millions, all to give the ultra-wealthy a tax break.”
The ballot measure would take effect only if Texas Republicans follow through on their plans, and the Golden State’s independent commission would regain authority after the 2030 Census.
But opposition is already forming, including from Arnold Schwarzenegger, the politically moderate former GOP governor who championed the voter-approved commission and has vowed to “terminate” gerrymandering.
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They’re eliminating the commission that just drew up the lines....so i’d say the lines are void.
This is the perfect opportunity to catch the fetid Democrats red-handed, because they’ll pull out all the registration, ballot fraud, and electronic manipulation stops to win this one.
It’s life or death for them.
It is like there are no federal laws governing all of this.
It's not quite all the details...
There may be constitutional issues with Newsom's plans.The new districts could not legally be used for the June 2, 2026 primary.
- Newsom has a new map ready to go that was commissioned by California’s Democratic leadership for Paul Mitchell to develop. This map is currently unlawful because the state Constitution requires maps to be developed by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
- It is unlawful to put both this new map AND the Constitutional amendment suspending the California Citizens Redistricting Commission on the same ballot. Newsom must first pass the Amendment suspending the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, and then hold another special election to vote on the new map once the group that creates it is authorized by law to do so.
Courts would call this improperly “piggy-backing” on an unratified constitutional change if they were to appear together on the same ballot, because at the time of the special election, only maps created by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission are lawful.
- There must be a period where the amendment can be challenged in court and survive that challenge before it can become in force. California's proposition 8 that added language about marriage between a man and a woman was ruled unconstitutional AFTER it was passed by voters. Newsom cannot rush this amendment change along with a new map and expect it to pass without judicial challenge.
- The 2026 candidate calendar would make it practically impossible for Newsom to get a new redistricted map passed in time. The signature gathering process must occur between December 11, 2025 - February 4, 2026. The nomination filing period is from February 9 - March 6, 2026. Candidates must know their district boundaries before collecting signatures or filing nomination papers. Therefore, any replacement map must be certified and in effect by December 11, 2025, when candidate signature gathering begins.
- Under California Elections Code, a statewide special election generally requires at least 88 days’ notice between calling the election and holding it. After the election, it takes several weeks to certify it. With the special election for the constitutional amendment occurring on November 4, the most practical date for a second special election would be February 17, 2026, which is well into the primary signature gathering and filing period. Adding the time it would take to certify the election, it would be too late for the new map to be in place for the 2026 mid-term elections.
-PJ
The way these criminal creeps are going, CA could turn RED.
Wasn’t there a war fought over taxation without representation?
But then that is pure democracy in action. Where the minority has no say in the government.
They came up with that redistricting plan very quickly.
Almost as if it was already in existence.
Thanks for that great explanation of major issues and timing.
Time for Trump to get that new census rolling.
Funny how they disrespect the voters of California who have already voted to use an independent commission to redistrict.
I’m waiting for the news story that starts out “A federal judge . . .”
Ok, thanks for shooting your ball California.
Betcha Gov. DeSantis will join the fray. Florida is too deep red to have that many Dem districts.
If I had my way, the law of the land would be as follows:
In each state, each party submits their version of a map of proposed congressional districts.
The length of each boundary line for each district is determined, and the total sum of all those lengths is added up. (It would be a fundamental requirement that each proposed district would be equal in population, within reason, based on census data).
Whichever map has the *smallest* sum (which should be the least gerrymandered one) is the one that would be instituted by law for that state.
And that practice might even be expanded to let any citizen in a given state propose a redistricting map.
Of course that approach would have to be binding in all 50 states to maintain fairness nationally.
Governor Nuisance has an uphill battle with the voters. From https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5451810-california-voters-back-independent-redistricting/:
California voters widely prefer keeping the state's independent redistricting commission, new polling shows
A Politico-Citrin Center-Possibility Lab survey found 36 percent of California voters support returning congressional redistricting authority to the state Legislature, compared to 64 percent who back the independent redistricting commission.
Exactly.
I think the value of CA going crazy with this is that it is a valuable issue to campaign on in other states that are more evenly contested. CA is too far gone, letting them pick up a handful of seats, but fighting them in the courts may yield a lot of support in NC, for example. As a voter activation and motivation issue, it may well work elsewhere in the country as CA, IL, and NY go full-on nuts.
As if they care about rules and the law, It’s all about power and control to the Democrat machine.
Massachusetts may join the fray, redistricting to increase the number of Democratic representatives at the expense of Republican reps. They have nine districts, all of which are represented in Congress by Democrats.
Oh, wait...
It's just not possible, even with Democrat malfeasance if the Republicans are ready to go with court cases. Reports are that former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is already working the court challenge preparation.
-PJ
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