Although 2025 may be an off-year election cycle, a handful of high-profile votes on Tuesday could have an outsize impact on next year’s fight for control of the U.S.

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Live results as California voters take up Democrats’ push for new congressional maps that could shape House control

Proposition 50 is a ballot proposal appearing on California ballots that will determine whether the state will redraw its congressional voting districts to add as many as five Democrat-held seats to Congress.

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It’s Election Day and millions of California voters — including tens of thousands in Sonoma and Napa counties — have cast their votes or are set to return ballots by today for the special election to redraw California’s congressional maps. Ballot still sitting on the kitchen table? Voters have several ways to weigh in before polls close at 8 p.m.

Californians are voting on a ballot initiative, "Proposition 50," to determine if the state will adopt a new congressional map that redraws five districts to be more Democratic-leaning, potentially allowing Democrats to flip them in the midterms.

California’s special election will be held Tuesday, though mail-in voting has been available for weeks. Polls close at 8 p.m. PT, or 11 p.m. ET. The AP will provide vote results and declare the winner in the redistricting ballot measure. Any voter registered in California may participate in the special election.