Proposition 20 came out on top on Election Day.  Approval ratings for the California State Legislature have plummeted to an all-time low in recent months, and Prop 20 would allow voters to vote freely and fairly for their desired Congressional candidates by stopping politicians from gerrymandering voting districts.

Congressional districts in California are redrawn every 10 years after the completion of the U.S. census.  In 2008, Californians voted to give a 14-member independent citizen commission the power to redraw districts for local politicians as well as Congress.  Prop 20 now grants this "Citizens Redistricting Committee" the power to draw congressional district lines. 

Prop 27 was defeated. It would have done away with the citizen commission by giving redistricting authority back to state Legislature.

Proponents of Prop 20 argued that Prop 27 is a dastardly attempt by Congressional incumbents to regain their ability to gerrymander - and there is concrete evidence that politicians have been carving out these "safe zones" for themselves. 

As it stands, certain areas of the California congressional district map - such as districts 3 and 5 - actually resemble "Swiss cheese," given that political district lines can split anything from parks to condominium complexes.