The cost of putting California’s partisan redistricting ballot measure before voters this fall is expected to run the state $282.6 million, eclipsing the final bill of the last statewide special election.

On Nov. 4, California voters will decide whether to redraw political boundaries to create more Democratic seats. The ballot measure aims to counter an effort by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and President Donald Trump to add an equal number of Republican seats in that state.

Even if a person misses that deadline, those eligible can register in person up to and including on Election Day in California. It is called conditional voter registration or same-day registration.

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Next year's governor race took a backseat to GOP opposition to Prop. 50, the ballot measure voters will decide in a November special election that would redraw California's congressional districts, potentially netting Democrats five additional seats and determining control of Congress.

A California woman who registered her dog to vote has been charged with five felonies and faces up to six years in prison. Laura Lee Yourex, a 62-year-old woman from Costa Mesa, successfully cast a mail-in ballot for her dog,

Prosecutors learned that the dog’s owner posted photos to social media, including one of her dog wearing an ‘I voted’ sticker, the Orange County DA’s office said.

A California woman is facing felony charges after prosecutors say she registered her dog to vote and cast ballots under the animal's name in two elections. The Orange County District Attorney's Office announced that Laura Lee Yourex,

A Costa Mesa, California woman is accused of registering her dog to vote in two elections, with one of those vote being counted. The woman, a registered Republican, is now facing five felony charges.