August 22, 2025 - Sacramento, California – California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., on Thursday assigned a proposition number to the legislative measure set to appear on the November 4, 2025, Statewide Special Election ballot. Secretary Weber also invites interested Californians to submit arguments to be considered for inclusion in the Official Voter Information Guide. The guide is mailed to every voting household in California and posted on the Secretary of State’s website.

The proposition is listed below, along with the Legislative Counsel’s digest.

Proposition 50

ACA 8 (Chapter 97, Statutes of 2025). Rivas. Congressional redistricting.

The California Constitution establishes the Citizens Redistricting Commission, which is required to adjust the boundary lines of congressional, Senate, Assembly, and State Board of Equalization districts in the year following the year in which the national census is taken at the beginning of each decade.

This measure, which would include a legislative finding that it is in response to redistricting in Texas in 2025, would, notwithstanding the authority of the Citizens Redistricting Commission, require the state to temporarily use the congressional districts reflected in AB 604 of the 2025–26 Regular Session for every congressional election until the new congressional boundary lines are drawn by the commission in 2031.

Ballot Arguments

Arguments may be submitted for or against the measure. Arguments selected for the Official Voter Information Guide will be on public display between August 28 and September 17. If multiple arguments are submitted for a proposition, state law gives first priority to arguments written by legislators in the case of legislative measures; subsequent priority goes to bona fide citizen associations and then to individuals. No more than three signers are allowed to appear on an argument or rebuttal to an argument.

Ballot arguments cannot exceed 500 words and rebuttals to ballot arguments cannot exceed 250 words. All submissions should be typed and double-spaced. Arguments may be hand-delivered to the Secretary of State’s Elections Division at 1500 11th Street, 5th Floor, Sacramento, California 95814; faxed to (916) 653-3214; or emailed to VIGarguments@sos.ca.gov. If faxed or emailed, the original documents must be received within 72 hours. The deadline to submit ballot arguments is August 25 by 5:00 p.m. The deadline for selected authors to submit rebuttals to the ballot arguments is August 27 by 5:00 p.m.

Source: CA. SOS