Six Californias Initiative

[robby]

A ballot proposition is being prepared to vote on the separation of California into 6 different states.

Even in the outside chance that it is voted up by the electorate, it would never be approved by the California State legislature or the US Congress, which is required by Article 4 of the US Constitution.

"no new States 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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[robby.livejournal.com]

Both the California State legislature and the US Congress are populated with powerful people that will defend the status quo. California is largely controlled by the Democrat party, and both US Senators are Democrats, and they want to keep it that way.

In the case of W. Virginia, many of the Virginia state representatives from the west, that voted against secession from the US in 1861, immediately re-formed in Wheeling when VA left the Union.