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Six Californias is One Terrific Idea

Posted on August 20, 2014 by John Fields Posted in 2014 Elections, California, Orange County, Six Californias Initiative Leave a comment

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Fox & Hounds recently posted an interesting piece that offered a political analysis of the Six Californias ballot initiative broken out by political party preference and population.

Its organizer, Menlo Park venture capitalist Timothy Draper, said in July “that his proposed voter initiative to break California into six states has enough support to qualify for the 2016 ballot”. No official announcement yet’s been made that the claimed 1.3 million signatures that were received will cause the Initiative to make the election. Continue reading→

1.3 million signatures submitted for the Six Californias Initiative

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2016 Elections, Ballot Measures, California, Six Californias Initiative, Tim Draper 2 Comments

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 15, 2014

1.3 Million Signatures Submitted for Six Californias Initiative

Measure Should Qualify for the November 2016 Statewide Ballot

SACRAMENTO, CA — Supporters of the Six Californias Initiative today submitted 1.3 million signatures in counties around the state, more than enough to qualify the measure for the November 2016 statewide ballot.

“Today, we turn in 1.3 million signatures that say we are ready to make a change,” said Six Californias proponent Timothy C. Draper. “Six Californias gives us an opportunity to reboot and refresh our state government. We are ready to create six more responsive, representative governments, more sympathetic governments, more modern governments, more service oriented governments.” Continue reading→