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California Proposition 50 will pass, ABC News projects based upon analysis of the exit polls.
Prop. 50 put the power of California’s Congressional district lines in the hands of voters. Republicans are calling it a Democratic power grab, while Democrats say it’s necessary to fight Republican redistricting in Texas.
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Here’s everything you need to know about the special election and voting.
Prop 50 passes, ABC News projects
California Proposition 50 will pass, ABC News projects based upon analysis of the exit polls.
Prop 50 will temporarily change the boundaries of several congressional districts for the 2026, 2028 and 2030 elections, but in particular, five districts where Republicans are currently in power.
That would give California Democrats the opportunity to win five more seats in the U.S. House.
Nov 04, 2025, 6:24 PM GMT
President Trump, Gov. Newsom square off on Prop 50
President Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom are squaring off ahead of the Prop 50 vote.
In a Truth Social post, the president said it is a “GIANT SCAM.”
Trump went on to say that mail-in ballots in California are “under very serious legal and criminal review.”
Shortly after, Newsom posted Trump’s post on X, saying “The ramblings of an old man that knows he’s about to LOSE.”
The redistricting battle began when President Donald Trump asked Republican states, like Texas, to do exactly that.
In response, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a plan to bolster Democrats, which led to a special election being called and Prop 50 being placed on the ballot.
Nov 04, 2025, 4:05 PM GMT
No evidence ICE will be at polling locations
Leading up to today’s election, there have been concerns ICE agents could be deployed to polling places.
Gov. Newsom recently warned it could happen amid the immigration raids. At this point, however, there’s no evidence immigration enforcement officers will be at voting centers.
There are several federal and state laws that prohibit armed officials near vote center, including a Civil War-era law making it a felony for any federal official to send troops or armed persons to a polling place.
Nov 04, 2025, 3:00 PM GMT
Polls are now open for California’s Prop 50 special election
It’s Election Day and polls are now open across California!
Vote centers will be open until 8 p.m. today.
You can vote in person, drop off your mail-in ballot or do same-day voter registration. Find a vote center near you on the CA Early Voting website here.
Mail-in ballots must be postmarked no later than today and arrive at your county registrar’s officer by Nov. 12.
Nov 04, 2025, 2:12 PM GMT
Federal, state monitors dispatched for election
Both federal and state election monitors have been dispatched to several California counties to keep watch over the election.
Last month, the Department of Justice said it would send federal election observers to five counties in California – Los Angeles, Orange, Kern, Riverside and Fresno – as well as one county in New Jersey.
Both federal and state election monitors have been dispatched to several California counties to keep watch over the election. Here’s what you need to know.
California Gov. Newsom lashed out against the Trump administration’s deployment of the monitors, calling it an effort to intimidate voters and possibly declare the election illegal.
In response, Newsom said the state would send their own own monitors to watch over the feds.