The Dhillon Law Group, Assemblyman David Tangipa, 18 California Voters, and the California Republican Party File Federal Lawsuit Challenging Prop 50. (Photo: CAGOP)
As Gavin Newsom’s Election Rigging Measure Passes, Lawsuits Filed
‘Cheer up: the worst is yet to come—for Democrats’
By Katy Grimes, November 5, 2025 8:45 am
California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 50, “the Election Rigging Response Act,” to influence the midterm elections, blow up California’s independent redistricting commission, and tamper with the state’s electoral maps mid-decade, was passed by voters.
The whole thing is a farce – a $300 million farce. Proposition 50 was Newsom’s personal campaign for U.S. President. Newsom unconstitutionally overturned the voter-approved California Redistricting Commission with Prop. 50.
The Dhillon Law Group, Assemblyman David Tangipa, 18 California voters, and the California Republican Party announced they have filed a federal lawsuit challenging Prop. 50, alleging it unconstitutionally gerrymanders districts in violation of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.
The Prop. 50 special election was held Tuesday November 4, 2025, and amazingly, the election was called before the polls closed – a miracle given that California has and uses 30 full days to count ballots, and during this time, many races are flipped.
“Prop 50 passes… Democrat voters are ok rigging elections to silence voters they don’t like,” Assemblyman Carl DeMaio (R-San Diego) said.
In August when the newly drawn electoral maps were leaked, Assembly Minority Leader James Gallagher (R-Gerber) said, “These are rigged maps drawn in secret to give Democrat politicians more power by dismantling the independent commission Californians created to keep them out of map-drawing.”
“These maps shred the fair, transparent process voters demanded,” Gallagher continued. “The independent commission spent months gathering public input, holding 196 public meetings, hearing 3,870 verbal comments and collecting 32,410 written submissions before finalizing the current maps. Democrat politicians are throwing that work in the trash for a rigged scheme cooked up behind closed doors.”
We are about to see just how bad the maps are and how voiceless Republican voters will become.
After the ballots were mailed out to voters, it was evident that the ballots had a serious flaw: for those who vote NO, when the ballot is reinserted back in the mail-in envelope as instructed, the voter’s “NO” fill-in bubble shows through a hole in the signature block.
California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton called for the immediate suspension of the Proposition 50 special election after reports surfaced that voters’ marked choices are visible through the official return envelopes in multiple counties, calling it “a shocking breach of ballot secrecy, potentially affecting millions of Californians.” Hilton said this was “another example of the corruption and incompetence rigging California’s elections.”
“This is not a small mistake. It is an election integrity crisis,” Hilton continued. “When anyone can literally see through the envelope and tell how someone voted, that is not democracy. That is rigging the system in plain sight.”
Hilton was ignored.
While initial polls found that voters did not support mid-decade redistricting, Newsom and Democrats pivoted their messaging and made it a referendum on President Donald Trump. They claimed Trump was attempting to rig the midterm elections with redistricting – a bold lie.
Spending on the YES campaign came from billionaire Democrat mega-donors: George Soros who dumped $10 million and Tom Steyer who contributed $12.8 million.
California Democratic Socialists of America contributed in the “struggle against fascism.”
“Cheer up: the worst is yet to come—for Democrats,” Steve Hayward said on his substack. “Welp, yesterday’s election results are another validation of H.L. Mencken’s famous line, ‘Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.’ Only question now is: how hard?”
He continues: “Republicans should be discouraged today. However, keep in mind that turnout in off-year elections almost always favors the party out of power in Washington. Republicans haven’t won the governorship of Virginia when they held the White House since 1969. Then, too, let’s keep in mind that as the Big Sort continues—that is, Republicans leaving blue states for red states in large numbers—it becomes progressively harder for Republicans to win in blue states even in good years. We saw this with Lee Zeldin in New York in 2022.”
“If Republicans hadn’t moved out of blue states in such a high numbers, these elections would be closer—and perhaps come out differently in a few cases.”
A blue wave in blue states – no big surprise. The same goes for California. Conservatives, Republicans, moderates and middle class are leaving the state in droves. What’s left is the Democrat voters knowing what they want, and they are about to get it good and hard.
In addition to the Dhillon Law filing suit today, Attorney Jim Lacy reports that today, “a citizens’ initiative will be filed with the California Attorney General to reinstate the California Citizens Redistricting Commission’s Congressional Districts in 2028. The ‘Fair, Independent, and Nonpartisan Redistricting Act’ (FAIR) will appear on the November 2026 ballot if enough signatures are gathered.”
NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson (R-NC) released the following statement after the passage of Prop 50:
“No matter how Democrats redraw the lines to satisfy Gavin Newsom’s power grab, they can’t redraw their record of failure, and that’s why they will fail to take the House majority. Even under this new map, Republicans have clear opportunities to flip seats because Californians are fed up with Democrat chaos. We will continue to compete and win because our candidates are stronger, our message is resonating, and Californians are tired of being ignored.”
Stay tuned.
A California native and Navy mom, Katy lives in Sacramento, CA.
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It’s wishful thinking that anything will change in this state until we pass true and effective election reform…voter ID, paper ballots, same day voting. Sacramento is the perfect example of the Peter Principle in action.
They named it “Dominion” for a reason… CAGOP & Dhillon Law Group should file suit for a forensic audit of the vote tabulation and counting procedures at the County level, just to see how many of the security exploits were exploited during this farce of an election….
The search for alternatives begins in earnest today, regardless….
FU Democrat SOB’s – all of you….you have FUBAR’d this state completely….and we don’t want to live under your stupidity….
Newsom is a very evil snake in the grass liar he needs to be stopped vey evil person all he is doing is making him rich from us tax payers vote red in next election
I’m glad to see that the CA GOP has grown a spine and is involved in this lawsuit. Their willingness to fight sends a good message to the troops. For far too long the troops have wanted to see responsible action and not just passivity. I also like you quote at the top of the article. While in the moment it might be difficult to see how or when it is going to get worse for Democrats, I do believe that it will. Be of good cheer. Because there is a God & He is in control.
“I’m glad to see that the CA GOP has grown a spine and is involved in this lawsuit. Their willingness to fight sends a good message to the troops.”
@Hal. Unfortunately, it’s not much of a spine. Jessica Milan-Patterson was a prominent face of the NO on 50 campaign. Why is she still around the CAGOP leadership? The current leadership proved that they are not much better than the former. Republican turnout was low.
The CA GOP is there in name only. They’re not truly trying to overcome the democrat hegemony. If they were, they would have run FAR more effective ads against Prop 50. I’ve heard from people in our local central committee that they sabotaged internal elections against people who truly care to turn things around, and keeping people in power who just like the title and blowing smoke up conservatives’ @$$3$.
“The Unconstitutional Redistricting Vote in California is a GIANT SCAM in that the entire process, in particular the Voting itself, is RIGGED. All “Mail-In” Ballots, where the Republicans in that State are “Shut Out,” is under very serious legal and criminal review. STAY TUNED!” President Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The O’Keefe Media Group released undercover video of Ross Pike, Regional Director for the California Democrat Party, admitting to intentionally gerrymandering and revealed a strategy for Newsom to funnel Prop 50 donations into a 2028 presidential war chest. The undercover journalist asked if Newsom is running for President and his answer was “probably.” When the journalist asked if Newsom is fundraising, Pike said the California governor could always “transfer money” adding that “He [Newsom] doesn’t have any committees open right now, but that doesn’t mean he can’t open a committee later and transfer the money.” He also said admitted the Democrats are intentionally gerrymandering. (https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1986161632339501434)
Thanks for that link, TJ.
Ross Pike is the enemy within.
Newscum’s unconstitutional redistricting plan will end up on the trash heap of history along side his presidential dreams. 🙂
The only way he’ll ever become President is by cheating. But then we know how good democrats are at that.
I’m sure there was a lot of voter fraud here in Sacramento because the Democrat machine controls the city. Before the election we received a mail-in ballot for someone with a Hispanic name who has never lived at our address and we’ve been here for years. We returned it back to Sacramento County. We wonder if that mail-in ballot is part of the Democrat’s voter fraud schemes?
This election just reminds me of the recall election in 2021, a lot of enthusiasm then Republicans don’t show up. This time the attendance was even lower. Illegals voting don’t prevent Republican participation, the type of machines doesn’t prevent it etc., whatever excuse. Now let’s work hard and collect more signatures for a new initiative.
It could be that a lot of the RINOs sat it out the election, but it doesn’t make sense why Republicans participation was lower in this critical election?
Since Democrats control elections in many counties, maybe the Republican ballots are not being counted and their ballots are being discarded? Maybe the voting machines are rigged and flipping Republican votes?
Youtuber Emily who lives in LA County said on her EMILYSAVESAMEERICA podcast recently that she had not received her mail-in ballot for the special election and she was told that it was lost. She hasn’t been getting mail-in ballots since she registered as a Republican. She said that her father who is a Republican never got his mail-in ballot either. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKPp055kKHI&t=2s)
Emily Wilson is a fake conservative. I wouldn’t listen to anything she has to say.
Why no mention about the translucent ballot return envelopes. The punched holes were only one way of violating the secret ballot.
Shine a light through the marked ballot in the sealed envelope and you can directly see how the vote was cast, along with printed name, printed address and signature of the voter on the outside of the envelope.
Two major ballot secrecy flaws – only one got attention:
1. Punched holes in the envelope
2. Translucent paper used in the ballot return envelope itself
We did mention the envelopes: After the ballots were mailed out to voters, it was evident that the ballots had a serious flaw: for those who vote NO, when the ballot is reinserted back in the mail-in envelope as instructed, the voter’s “NO” fill-in bubble shows through a hole in the signature block.
California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton called for the immediate suspension of the Proposition 50 special election after reports surfaced that voters’ marked choices are visible through the official return envelopes in multiple counties, calling it “a shocking breach of ballot secrecy, potentially affecting millions of Californians.” Hilton said this was “another example of the corruption and incompetence rigging California’s elections.”
“This is not a small mistake. It is an election integrity crisis,” Hilton continued. “When anyone can literally see through the envelope and tell how someone voted, that is not democracy. That is rigging the system in plain sight.”
Jaye, if you actually read the article, you would find that in paragraph 9 this is mentioned.
Burying the ballot check spot under a full page of Spanish and English instructions was intentionally confusing for voters too. Intentionally, hoping English speaking voters would think they got the wrong ballots.
I’m so grateful that the lawsuit is being filed, but they must STAY WITH IT if the courts go against them. We MUST force the courts to rule on this outright fraud as high as we can go. Republicans have next to no representation in our state. WAKE UP and FIGHT!
How was the election called immediately after the polls closed in a state that it takes almost a month to count ballots? California elections are so rotten.
This wouldn’t be an issue if only 30% of the republican/independent vote tuned out. No, we are at this point because they can’t be bothered to get off their collective arses and vote. If you didn’t vote on this, I don’t want to hear your complaints about the coming legislation that complete control by democrats will bring.
The California Supreme Court is corrupt, too.
Proposition 50 faced legal challenges alleging it violated the 30-day rule for legislative action in California. Four Republican state legislators—Tony Strickland, Suzette Martinez Valladares, Tri Ta, and Kate Sanchez—filed a lawsuit with the California Supreme Court, arguing that the bill was rushed through the legislature in less than a week, bypassing the constitutionally required 30-day public review period. They claimed this violated Article IV, § 8(a) of the California Constitution, which mandates that bills cannot be heard or acted upon until 30 days after their introduction unless three-fourths of the legislature votes to waive the requirement. The original bills associated with Proposition 50 were introduced in February 2025, but their text was replaced on August 18, 2025, with the provisions of the Election Rigging Response Act (ERRA), which critics argued circumvented the waiting period. The California Supreme Court rejected the motion on August 20, 2025, allowing the legislative vote to proceed.