California Proposition 50 will pass, ABC News projects

Leading up to today's election, there have been concerns ICE agents could be deployed to polling places.

Gov. Newsom recently warned it could happen amid the immigration raids. At this point, however, there's no evidence immigration enforcement officers will be at voting centers.

There are several federal and state laws that prohibit armed officials near vote center, including a Civil War-era law making it a felony for any federal official to send troops or armed persons to a polling place.

It's Election Day and polls are now open across California!

Vote centers will be open until 8 p.m. today.

You can vote in person, drop off your mail-in ballot or do same-day voter registration. Find a vote center near you on the CA Early Voting website here.

Mail-in ballots must be postmarked no later than today and arrive at your county registrar's officer by Nov. 12.

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.