Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. The Trump administration says it will restart

SNAP food benefits, but will pay out only half the amount people normally get. NPR's Jennifer

Ludden reports it's also not clear how soon that money will get to those who rely on it.

The Trump administration says it will use just over $4.5 billion in a contingency fund for

SNAP payments. That comes after they stopped for millions of people this weekend. And after two

federal judges ruled that freezing payments for the country's biggest anti-hunger program is unlawful.

But the contingency fund covers only about half the full cost of SNAP

benefits each month. States who administer SNAP will now have to recalculate for partial payments,

and in its court filing, officials say that could take weeks or even months, especially in states

with older systems. The administration also says depleting its contingency

fund means there will be no money to sign up new people for SNAP in November.

Jennifer Lutton, NPR News, Washington. Political canvassers in California spent the weekend talking

to voters ahead of tomorrow's election. There's just one question on the ballot whether to redraw congressional maps in the state.

It's an effort to help Democrats win five more seats in the U.S. House to next year's midterm elections.

From member station KVCR, Madison Ament reports.

Proposition 50 is Governor Gavin Newsom's response to Texas's redistricting plan, prompted by President Trump

to add five Republican House seats. In Riverside County, one of the districts that would be

redrawn in California, members of the local Democratic Party, like Michelle Singleton, were out

Sunday to drum up last-minute support and educate voters. We don't want anything to interfere with people feeling like they can exercise their right to vote.

Singleton says many voters tell her they worry.

Department of Justice election monitors will interfere with voting.

The DOJ plans to send monitors to Riverside County but did not respond to a request for comment.

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