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Proposal to Divide California Into Three States Could Land on the November Ballot

posted by mrpg on Friday April 13 2018, @11:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the divide-et-impera dept.

takyon writes:

Third time's the charm:

A California technology billionaire said on Thursday that his longtime and perhaps quixotic effort to partition the Golden State into multiple new states could soon be put before voters.

Venture capitalist Tim Draper said he had gathered about 600,000 signatures on a petition to put his proposal to divide California on the November ballot, more than the 366,000 needed to qualify. It is his third attempt to get voters to weigh in on his call to break up the most populous U.S. state.

Draper, who in 2014 and 2016 failed in his efforts to win approval for a ballot initiative to divide the state into six parts, said in a news release Thursday that he planned to file the signatures with election officials next week.

[...] To go into effect, California would first have to certify the signatures that Draper has gathered, and then voters in November would need to pass the measure. After that, the U.S. Congress would have to approve it.

Also at The Mercury News and SFGate.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @12:28PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @12:28PM (#666894)

    Look what happened when the 2 parties figured out that they can work together:

    • Republicans vote for the Democrats welfare state.
    • Democrats vote for the Republican's warfare state.

    The result is out-of-control spending; that's what happens when you organize society around a violently imposed monopoly—opposing groups agree to rape the productive at the point of a gun.

  • (Score: 3, Touché) by SpockLogic on Saturday April 14 2018, @02:39PM

    by SpockLogic (2762) on Saturday April 14 2018, @02:39PM (#666940)

    that's what happens when you organize society around a violently imposed monopoly—opposing groups agree to rape the productive at the point of a gun.

    Perfect time for comprehensive gun control ???

    --
    Overreacting is one thing, sticking your head up your ass hoping the problem goes away is another - edIII

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @06:32PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @06:32PM (#666991)

    Cooperation. Society.

    Big words, but you should learn about them sometime.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @07:19PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @07:19PM (#667000)

      Cooperation is an act of each individual's will; anything else is just servitude.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 17 2018, @01:44AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 17 2018, @01:44AM (#667891)

    exactly. you have to be a drooling invalid to want cooperation between the degenerate scum in washington.