SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Californians approved a ballot measure to redraw the state’s Congressional map that could give Democrats five additional seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Voters in Northern California said they were eager to make their voices heard.
“This is my time to fight for what I believe in,” Sarah Miller, a nurse living in the Bay Area, said after dropping her ballot in a collection box.
“If we don’t do something now, democracy is at stake. We are responsible for what happens in the future.”
Gov. Gavin Newsom called the moment “California’s chance to save democracy” during a litany of media appearances and campaign rallies in the days leading up to the election. …