Topic: Prop 50 — The Election Rigging Response Act

Learn more about Prop 50, the effort to temporarily redistrict five CA Congressional seats, as well as redistricting efforts in other states around the country, and what it means for California, the nation, the 2026 midterm elections — and beyond.

lora jo foo is a retired labor attorney and organizer who has engaged in electoral and voting rights efforts for decades. From 2004 and 2008 she was the AFL-CIO’s National Coordinator of Voting Rights Protection, setting up coalitions in the battleground states to stop voter suppression and intimidation. She has run campaign offices, including the North Las Vegas office for the AFL-CIO in the 2012 campaign to re-elect Barak Obama and helping to flip a Congressional seat in 2018 in the Northern Central Valley. She leads the Save Democracy Action Group at Pilgrim Place.

Ann Taves is a Research Professor and Professor Emerita of Religious Studies at UC Santa Barbara. In retirement, she is leading Pilgrim Place's Climate Resilience Initiative and using her research skills to aid in caring for the earth and saving democracy.

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