A statewide special election in California this fall, in which a redistricting question will be on the ballot, could cost over $280 million. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and California Democrats are putting a ballot question before voters in November,

President Donald Trump has for years told outlandish lies about elections in Democratic-dominated California. Trump made more false claims on the subject in a Fox News interview

The cost of putting California’s partisan redistricting ballot measure before voters this fall is expected to run the state $282.6 million, eclipsing the final bill of the last statewide special election.

Even if a person misses that deadline, those eligible can register in person up to and including on Election Day in California. It is called conditional voter registration or same-day registration.

In the most consequential statewide special election since Republicans tried to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2021, voters this fall will decide whether to replace the current congressional district maps drawn by an independent redistricting commission with a gerrymandered plan that aims to flip up to five U.

The California Voter ID Initiative, an effort headed by Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, R-San Diego, and state Sen. Tony Strickland, R-Huntington Beach, has been busy recruiting volunteers and raising money in hopes of getting a measure placed on the 2026 ballot.

On Nov. 4, California voters will decide whether to redraw political boundaries to create more Democratic seats. The ballot measure aims to counter an effort by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and President Donald Trump to add an equal number of Republican seats in that state.

Next year's governor race took a backseat to GOP opposition to Prop. 50, the ballot measure voters will decide in a November special election that would redraw California's congressional districts, potentially netting Democrats five additional seats and determining control of Congress.

One of Becerra’s challengers in the 2026 California governor's race, Katie Porter, has quickly established herself as a leading contender in the Democratic primary and has already built a sizable following on TikTok, with more than half a million followers, compared with about 200,000 followers on Instagram and 164,000 on Facebook.

Prosecutors learned that the dog’s owner posted photos to social media, including one of her dog wearing an ‘I voted’ sticker, the Orange County DA’s office said.