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2016 Cali will vote on proposal: breaking California into 6 seperate states
Posted on 7/15/14 at 1:42 am
Posted on 7/15/14 at 1:42 am
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Billionaire's breakup plan would chop California into six states
effort to break California into six separate states got a boost on Monday, when the billionaire venture capitalist behind the proposal said he had gathered enough signatures to place it on the ballot in two years.
Timothy Draper, a founder of a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that has invested in Twitter, Skype and Tesla, among other companies, has been agitating for months for a ballot initiative to chop the most populous U.S. state into smaller entities.
"It’s important because it will help us create a more responsive, more innovative and more local government, and that ultimately will end up being better for all of Californians," said Roger Salazar, a spokesman for the campaign. "The idea ... is to create six states with responsive local governments - states that are more representative and accountable to their constituents."
Salazar said Monday that the campaign had gathered more than the roughly 808,000 signatures needed to place the measure on the November, 2016 ballot.
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This post was edited on 7/15/14 at 1:43 am
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Posted on 7/15/14 at 1:44 am to Iona Fan Man
This would guarantee the senate to the dems.
forever
forever
Posted on 7/15/14 at 1:46 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
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This would guarantee the senate to the dems.
How exactly? This would allow the conservative blocs of California to finally have more of a voice. And busting up those electoral college votes would be sweet.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 1:51 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Isn't northern & central California fairly republican?
Posted on 7/15/14 at 1:57 am to TerryDawg03
quote:Here is a map of "six states of california", in comparison to presidential elections:
How exactly? This would allow the conservative blocs of California to finally have more of a voice. And busting up those electoral college votes would be sweet.
West California, silicon valley, and North california would be dem. (6 democratic senators)
Jefferson and Central california would be republican. (4 senators)
South California (where I live), will be a swing state. Orange county isn't as Republican as it used to be, and latinos are still coming here. It will end up being blue. So add another 2 senators to the Democratic column.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 3:06 am to Iona Fan Man
0% it passes in Congress
Posted on 7/15/14 at 3:23 am to TigerintheNO
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0% it passes in Congress
Solid reasoning.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 4:19 am to Iona Fan Man
In a related story, Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden is exploring a run for California governor on the Better Together ticket.
He plans to annex railroads though uninhabited parts of Nevada and Utah, so that a then contiguous Colorado can become a part of California.
When asked for a comment, Kip replied, "You'll hear all of my promises soon, as soon as I can decide which silly-arse costume to wear to my campaign kickoff event."
He plans to annex railroads though uninhabited parts of Nevada and Utah, so that a then contiguous Colorado can become a part of California.
When asked for a comment, Kip replied, "You'll hear all of my promises soon, as soon as I can decide which silly-arse costume to wear to my campaign kickoff event."
This post was edited on 7/15/14 at 4:21 am
Posted on 7/15/14 at 6:00 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Lol Oceanside hates Dems
Posted on 7/15/14 at 8:45 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:
West California, silicon valley, and North california would be dem. (6 democratic senators)
Jefferson and Central california would be republican. (4 senators)
South California (where I live), will be a swing state. Orange county isn't as Republican as it used to be, and latinos are still coming here. It will end up being blue. So add another 2 senators to the Democratic column.
Nothing a little gerrymandering can't fix.
...Waitaminute.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 8:46 pm to LewDawg
Bravo on the avatar. Very nice.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 8:50 pm to Iona Fan Man
Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution:
New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
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