Trump administration sues California to invalidate Prop 50 maps ahead of 2026 midterms

The administration says state’s new congressional maps are based on race. State says suit is a political ploy.

In addition to the state GOP lawsuit, there’s a separate effort underway in California to ask voters to scale back the scope of Proposition 50 a bit.

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While the ballot measure approved the new partisan maps for the next three elections, the proposed initiative aims to curtail them to just the 2026 midterms. Congressional maps already in place — these were drawn by the state’s independent commission — would be used in the 2028 and 2030 elections, the proposal states.

“Since Proposition 50 restores the commission in 2032, why should we wait? We can accept that voters made the change for 2026, but why wait for 2032?” said Orange County-based attorney James V. Lacy, who is spearheading this effort.

The Trump administration, meanwhile, is also suing several states — California included — over voter rolls management. The Justice Department has alleged that the states did not hand over all the voter registration information it sought and did not appropriately respond to questions about voter roll maintenance efforts.

The Trump administration also is suing Orange County Registrar of Voters Bob Page, alleging that he did not turn over full records related to the removal of non-citizens from voter registration lists. Page, through attorneys, has maintained he followed state and federal law and could not give sensitive personal information of registrants without a subpoena or court order.

Click here to read the full article in the OC Register