Aug. 21 (UPI) -- California is preparing to counter with a redistricting plan to add five likely Democratic seats to the U.S. House of Representatives after Texas approved its own redistricting map favoring Republicans.
The California state Assembly and Senate will consider three bills that will allow for a special election to pass a constitutional amendment to replace the state's existing congressional maps through 2030. Then Democrats must convince Californians to vote to overturn the congressional maps drafted by the independent redistricting commission voters that were first empowered to draw the lines in 2010.
Texas approved its redistricting map Thursday night, despite weeks of protest. The Texas Senate is expected to approve the measure Friday and pass the bill along to Gov. Greg Abbott, R, who will certainly sign.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, D, has vowed to create more seats for Democrats in Congress by creating a new map in its own state, the most populous in the nation.
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