Republicans in Texas and North Carolina are moving ahead to gerrymander and pick up GOP seats. Under pressure from Trump, Republicans in Indiana tried to pass mid-cycle redistricting but appear to not have enough votes to pass it. The California measure was Democrats’ response to the Texas redistricting plan that Gov. Greg Abbott signed in August.

Election day for the statewide special election is next Tuesday (Nov. 4), but you don’t need to wait until then to cast your vote.A Yolo County ballot drop-box is open 24/7 on Tennis Court Lane, adjacent to the Memorial Union Bus Terminal.

The department will monitor elections at five sites in California and one in New Jersey ahead of elections in both states on Nov. 4, the agency announced Friday.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday that the federal administration would deploy staff to evaluate California’s Nov. 4 redistricting election.

The Justice Department is preparing to send election observers to California and New Jersey next month, following requests from their state Republican parties.

California Republicans launched a ballot initiative to require voter ID, needing 875,000 signatures for 2026 ballot with over 300,000 collected so far.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has repeatedly warned, without evidence, that immigration agents could show up at polling sites the way they did at the launch for Proposition 50. Community members and local leaders say those fears are real.