Gavin Newsom has plans for a redistricting special election.
Elections are scheduled for November.
Newson stated, “We still have until August 22.” They will be able to get it on the ballot with the leadership behind me. “We’re calling for special elections, which will take place in the first week of Novembre.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said on Friday that they are moving ahead with plans to hold an election special in November to allow voters to approve a measure which would eventually allow Democrats to pass the new House map before 2026.
“We have until August 22.” They will be able to get it on the ballot with the support of the leadership. Newsom stated that a special election would be held in the first week of Novembre.
The governor, flanked by California legislators and Texas Democrats who had fled their home state, said that they did not wish to eliminate the independent commission responsible for drawing the map.
Newsom promised that “we are talking about emergency actions to respond to what is happening in Texas and we will nullify” what happens there.
Over $200 million is expected to be spent on the election.
The Secretary of State’s Office estimates that the cost of the statewide elections would be more than $200 million. This is higher than the cost of the Newsom recall in 2021 when no other elections were taking place. The majority of costs related to an election is associated with printing envelopes and ballots.
Jim Patrick, a spokesperson for the company, said that inflation has been soaring in recent years. Marcy DeMartile, the Registrar of Voters in Plumas county, estimates that a special election for November will cost about $65,000, which is only $3,000 more than what was spent by her county in 2021. This is even though a school board elections has already been planned for some voters and ballots have been consolidated.
DeMartile stated that “costs are higher.” “Paper, printing, and postage are higher.”
Election officials would have to deal with the costs and pressures of identifying and booking voting centers, and obtaining enough volunteers to staff in-person polls.
California already favors the Democrats.
Only 17% (or the California delegation) is Republican.
