"Throughout California, voters are casting mail-in ballots at a furious pace for next Tuesday's statewide special election to decide whether to adopt Proposition 50, the Democrat-backed plan to counter Republican gerrymandering in other states. But local organizers in Santa Clara County say it has yet to be seen whether the statewide partisan fracas over Proposition 50 will be enough to get key minority voting blocs to the polls on Nov. 4 in large numbers to help the county pass Measure A."
""Anything dealing with Trump is obviously getting attention right now," Chavez-Lopez told San Jos e9 Spotlight. "It's motivating. It's concrete. I think it's very direct." The political stakes are especially high in Santa Clara County during this off-cycle special election. Local voters are being asked to weigh in on Measure A, a countywide five-eighths-cent sales tax increase for the next five years to offset federal cuts to health care services."
California voters are returning mail-in ballots rapidly ahead of the special election to decide Proposition 50, a Democrat-backed plan to redraw congressional districts and counter Republican gerrymandering. Local organizers in Santa Clara County question whether the statewide fight will mobilize key minority voting blocs to boost turnout for Measure A on Nov. 4. Measure A would enact a five-eighths-cent countywide sales tax for five years to offset federal health-care cuts and shore up a county system facing an estimated $4.4 billion revenue shortfall. The county has received 201,679 ballots, about 18.5% of eligible voters.
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