California Proposition 50 will pass, ABC News projects

Both federal and state election monitors have been dispatched to several California counties to keep watch over the election.

Last month, the Department of Justice said it would send federal election observers to five counties in California - Los Angeles, Orange, Kern, Riverside and Fresno - as well as one county in New Jersey.

Both federal and state election monitors have been dispatched to several California counties to keep watch over the election. Here's what you need to know.

California Gov. Newsom lashed out against the Trump administration's deployment of the monitors, calling it an effort to intimidate voters and possibly declare the election illegal.

In response, Newsom said the state would send their own own monitors to watch over the feds.

For 15 years, California's Congressional district lines have been drawn by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, a group that follows strict rules that govern how districts should be divided so the people of California are fairly represented in Congress.

Linda Akutagawa, a non-partisan member of the commission, explained how she and her 13 fellow commission members determined the district lines in 2020. They followed six criteria, including listening to the concerns of Californians.

"We took over 36,000 pieces of input from Californians sharing with us what they think is important to their communities, that their communities have a common interest. This is a great example along the eastern edge of California, to the east of the Sierra Nevada," Akutagawa said.

Marc Brown sat down with political experts to discuss the November special election and the future of Prop 50 on Eyewitness Newsmakers.

Read more from experts here.

A packed house of supporters roared Monday as Gov. Gavin Newsom made his closing argument for Proposition 50, a ballot measure that could reshape California's congressional maps.

"They poked the bear, and the bear is poking back," Newsom told the crowd. "Prop 50 is not about drawing lines on a map. It is about holding the line to what makes us who we are."

A packed house of supporters roared Monday as Governor Gavin Newsom made his closing argument for Proposition 50.

Flanked by prominent elected Democrats and union leaders, including labor activist Dolores Huerta, the governor urged his party to leave everything on the field and turn out "in record numbers."

Ballot for the California Proposition 50 special election have been rolling into state county registrar's offices since October.

Mail-in ballots must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received by Nov. 12.

See the map below for county-by-county data on how many vote-by-mail ballots have been returned and accepted so far.