Measure To Split CA Won't Be On November Ballot

CALIFORNIA -- An initiative to split California into three separate states won't be on the November ballot after all, despite proponents gaining enough support to qualify. The initiative, led by Silicon Valley businessman Tim Draper, gained more than 400,000 signatures of support, but the state Supreme Court on Wednesday opted to remove the measure the ballot.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported the justices unanimously decided to remove the measure citing the harm that could be done to California.

"The six justices said that 'significant questions regarding the proposition’s validity' and that the 'potential harm' of allowing a public vote before those question are resolved 'outweighs the potential harm in delaying the proposition to a future election,'" the Chronicle reported.

The campaign, dubbed "Cal 3," hoped to split regions such as Sacramento and San Francisco under "Northern California," Los Angeles and Monterey as "California," and San Diego, Riverside and Bakersfield as "Southern California."

Draper and his campaign supporters argue that splitting the state into three separate entities will help strengthen the region in areas such as education, infrastructure and tax oversight.

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--Photo via Cal 3 campaign

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