No on Prop 50 – Protect Voters First

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[No on Prop 50 – Protect Voters First @votersfirstact]

Final chance to vote NO on Prop 50!

Prop 50 threatens our hard-fought reforms to ensure fair elections and keep voters – not politicians – in charge of redistricting.

[Mason Harrison @masonharrison]

🚨NEW on State of Gold : “With AI and map-drawing tech, politicians could redraw districts again and again — until your vote doesn’t count at all.”
Cynthia Dai, a Democrat & former Redistricting Commissioner, breaks down the danger of Prop 50.

[No on Prop 50 – Protect Voters First @votersfirstact]

Democrats, Independents, and Republican members of the Citizen Redistricting Commission urge voters to vote NO on Prop 50!

"Vote No on Proposition 50. Because fairness isn’t blue or red — it’s Californian."

[SCNG Opinion @SoCalOpinion]

No on Proposition 50: Fairness isn’t a partisan issue https://t.co/XpytBA0pED

[State of the Union @CNNSOTU]

Watch the full interview here: https://t.co/xVXEnPGiOI

[Ashley Zavala @ZavalaA]

New: The leader of California’s independent redistricting commission says he’s “not confident at all” that Prop 50 will be temporary.

Chair Neal Fornaciari & former Dem member Cynthia Dai say CA state lawmakers will try to use other reasons to redistrict
https://t.co/jREKn3zSx0

[No on Prop 50 – Protect Voters First @votersfirstact]

Prop 50 is a direct attack on democracy, allowing politicians to ignore voter-approved reforms and pick their own districts.

Let voters decide – not politicians. Vote NO on Prop 50.

https://t.co/W4wqgKVp29

[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

We need leaders who are servants to the people, not their political parties.

[No on Prop 50 – Protect Voters First @votersfirstact]

“In a few years, Newsom and other Prop. 50 advocates say, California will scrap cheating and return to citizen commissions drawing congressional districts. Don’t count on it.”

https://t.co/STg2iohmwB

[The Sacramento Bee @sacbee_news]

Will Prop. 50 really be temporary? Beware, pols loathe unemployment | Opinion https://t.co/O4ZaEm8RHB

[Sacramento OBSERVER @SacObserver]

Protect Voters First Coalition warns that California's Proposition 50 could dilute Black voting power and erode the nonpartisan redistricting system. To read the full story click the link in comments. https://t.co/Rn1wrRPvKh

[The Sacramento Bee @sacbee_news]

Gerrymandering is a road California shouldn’t take. Vote no on Prop 50 | Opinion https://t.co/wxshSAvvPa

[Elex Michaelson @Elex_Michaelson]

NEWS: In an exclusive interview with @CNN, @Schwarzenegger tells me that Democrats' plan to redistrict California's congressional districts (Prop. 50) is a "scam" and "a big mistake."

@GavinNewsom wants California voters to temporarily eliminate its independent redistricting committee until 2031 & replace it with new maps drawn by Democrats to help Democrats. The move is in response to Texas Republicans redrawing their lines to help Republicans.

"Two wrongs don't make a right," Schwarzenegger says.

The former Governor is skeptical that California Democrats will ever want to go back to the current, nonpartisan system.

"There's no such thing with politicians and temporary. Have you ever seen a tax that stopped? It's permanent."

Schwarzenegger is urging voters to "vote no on Proposition 50."

I spoke exclusively with Schwarzenegger and former Prime Minister Tony Blair for @CNN at an event hosted by @ArnoldSCI & Tony Blair's Institute in New York City.

[California Farm Bureau @CAFarmBureau]

Protecting rural voices in California. 🚨🌱

California Farm Bureau has announced its opposition to Proposition 50, a November ballot measure that would eliminate independent redistricting and hand map-drawing power back to politicians.

Farm Bureau leaders warn that Prop 50 would eliminate two rural districts, divide farmland, weaken rural representation and diminish the voices of farmers and ranchers by moving districts to urban centers.

Read our full statement here ➡️ https://t.co/pKVVTPR9zc

#CAFarmBureau #Prop50 #ProtectRuralRepresentation #NoOn50 #CaliforniaAg #FarmBureauStrong

[No on Prop 50 – Protect Voters First @votersfirstact]

"We’ve worked hard to make our elections fair and honest, let’s not go backwards."
- Blair Stewart, Mayor, Veteran, Firefighter

Vote NO on Prop 50!
https://t.co/JBgJO8xTlr

[No on Prop 50 – Protect Voters First @votersfirstact]

Ballots are already arriving in some counties - make sure to vote early and vote NO on Prop 50!

[Ashley Zavala @ZavalaA]

California redistricting Prop 50 update today impacting rural voters:

•NO campaign highlights weakening of rural voter voices in proposed maps.

•AG Bonta & SOS Weber highlight Biden era USPS change that won’t guarantee last minute mail-in ballots will be postmarked in time

[No on Prop 50 – Protect Voters First @votersfirstact]

“Proposition 50 not only divides farmland but also weakens the voting power of the people who work on farms, ranches, and fields to grow our nation’s food,” said Shannon Douglass, president of the California Farm Bureau.

https://t.co/57gZ0zQNzR

[No on Prop 50 – Protect Voters First @votersfirstact]

“I don’t know why a Californian would give up her right to vote and be the sacrificial lamb and turn that power over to a party boss," said Cynthia Dai, member of the first Citizen Redistricting Commission. “That is essentially what Prop 50 asks us to do.”
https://t.co/AzG3Hz2NMe

[No on Prop 50 – Protect Voters First @votersfirstact]

Princeton University Gerrymandering Project grades Prop 50's maps an "F."

California's landmark democracy reform (independent Citizens Commission) created more transparency, better representation, and fairer elections.

Prop 50 reverses this progress.

https://t.co/JV6Y3tbZeg

[No on Prop 50 – Protect Voters First @votersfirstact]

ICYMI: Protect Voters First Campaign Launches Ad to Terminate Gerrymandering! #NOonProp50
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[No on Prop 50 – Protect Voters First @votersfirstact]

ALERT: New Report Highlights Prop 50's Proposed Maps Dismantle Communities of Color, dividing cohesive Asian American, Black, and Latino neighborhoods into multiple districts, diluting their voting power.

View Part 1 here: https://t.co/7JpHLNqCf4

[No on Prop 50 – Protect Voters First @votersfirstact]

ICYMI: Poll Shows Most Americans Oppose Political Parties Drawing Election Lines

"In California ... there is overwhelming and bipartisan support for nonpartisan commissions. Nearly 8 in 10 ... prefer that districts are drawn by nonpartisan commissions." https://t.co/1CM9GLSff6