California to Mail Corrections After Voter Guide Error in Special Redistricting Election

California election officials plan to send out postcards fixing a labeling mistake in voter information booklets distributed for the upcoming Nov. 4 special election, in which residents will decide on redrawing boundaries for U.S. House seats. The correction effort, revealed by the California Secretary of State’s office on Sept. 29, comes with a potential price tag in the millions, further inflating expenses for a ballot contest already projected to run up a tab of about $284 million statewide. The error appeared in the official 2025 Voter Information Guide, specifically on a broad overview map on page 11 that wrongly tagged a proposed congressional area as District 22 rather than its accurate designation of District 27. That district, encompassing portions of the San Fernando Valley and Antelope Valley regions, is presently held by Democratic Rep. George Whitesides of Agua Dulce....