Proposition 50 is a ballot proposal appearing on California ballots that will determine whether the state will redraw its congressional voting districts to add as many as five Democrat-held seats to Congress.

California Republicans appear poised to lose four to six House seats in next years midterms as votes are counted this week in the states hastily planned Prop 50. The ballot measure would allow the states supermajority Democratic-controlled legislature to redraw congressional maps instead of the existing independent commission.

Californians are voting on a ballot initiative, "Proposition 50," to determine if the state will adopt a new congressional map that redraws five districts to be more Democratic-leaning, potentially allowing Democrats to flip them in the midterms.

California voters will go to the polls on Tuesday to weigh in on Proposition 50, a redistricting ballot measure that is part of a larger national push to see which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives during President Donald Trump’s last two years in office.

From marriage equality to the death penalty to redistricting, California's governor has built a career on political risk. But Proposition 50 could determine how history judges his instincts.

GRAB. THIS REDISTRICTING BATTLE BEGAN WITH PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN JULY. HE CALLED ON TEXAS TO REDRAW CONGRESSIONAL LINES TO SEND FIVE REPUBLICANS TO THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. IN RESPONSE, GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM RALLIED STATE DEMOCRATS TO DO THE ...