{"id":1055724,"date":"2025-08-21T18:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T22:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055724"},"modified":"2025-08-22T16:19:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T20:19:57","slug":"dnc-applauds-ca-legislature-officially-placing-proposition-50-on-the-ballot-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-applauds-ca-legislature-officially-placing-proposition-50-on-the-ballot-in-november\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Applauds CA Legislature Officially Placing Proposition 50 on the Ballot in November"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>California Democrats are standing up against Trump\u2019s attempts to rig the maps<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, California Democrats officially put Proposition 50, the \u201cElection Rigging Response Act,\u201d on the ballot in November for California voters to fight back against Donald Trump\u2019s attempts to rig the maps.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following Trump and Republicans\u2019 passing of devastating legislation that will kick millions of Americans off of health care and food assistance, they concocted a scheme to avoid accountability by rigging congressional maps in states with Republican majorities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the California legislature and Governor Newsom moving quickly, California Democrats are striking back against Donald Trump by giving California voters the chance to respond in kind and even the playing field.<br><br><strong>DNC Chair Ken Martin issued the following statement:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe DNC stands with Governor Newsom and the California legislature in putting the power in the hands of the people of California to approve emergency congressional district maps and Democrats are fighting fire with fire against Trump and Republicans\u2019 attempts to rig congressional maps. When faced with the reality that he was going to lose in the midterms, Donald Trump did what he always does: He cheated. He thought he could rig the maps, Democrats would fold, and we\u2019d all move on. Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Democrats had another idea: giving Donald Trump a showdown and meeting the moment to fight back against Trump\u2019s craven, authoritarian power grab. Every Californian should vote for Democrats\u2019 measure to level the playing field. This isn\u2019t just about California. The basic premise of Americans \u2014 instead of Donald Trump \u2014 choosing their elected officials is at stake.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Democrats are standing up against Trump\u2019s attempts to rig the maps Today, California Democrats officially put Proposition 50, the \u201cElection Rigging Response Act,\u201d on the ballot in November for California voters to fight back against Donald Trump\u2019s attempts to rig the maps.&nbsp; Following Trump and Republicans\u2019 passing of devastating legislation that will kick millions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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