The Justice Department will send election monitors to Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Kern and Fresno counties.

Munger, a multi-millionaire good-government philanthropist who backed 2008 and 2010 initiatives that established California’s independent redistricting process, has contributed $32 million this year to defend that system. His committee, Protect Voters First, was created soon after Newsom moved to put Prop 50 on the ballot.

With less than two weeks before election day, California voters appear poised to pass the state’s redistricting measure, Proposition 50, to counter Republican redistricting efforts in Texas to

State Attorney General Rob Bonta announced California will deploy its own election observers after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said DOJ would monitor polls in five counties.

The latest Emerson poll, conducted on October 20 and October 21, shows Hilton with a slim lead in the crowded field to replace outgoing Governor Gavin Newsom in California next year. The Republican has the support of 16 percent of California's likely voters, whereas Porter is backed by 15 percent.

It’s common to see election observers at voting stations, but generally less so for them to come from the federal government. Some from the Trump administration will be on the ground in several California counties next month.

Ballots have been sent to voters and drop-off locations are open. With the special election to decide the fate of Proposition 50 under way, its time for voters to choose whether to go along with Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to redistrict the state's congressional maps ahead of schedule.

This summer, a fired-up Kevin McCarthy vowed to personally lead the fight against California Democrats’ redistricting push, aiming to raise $100 million to help protect Republican lawmakers in his home state.