A proposal to split up California into six states failed to qualify for the November ballot.
The California Secretary of State's office, which oversees elections, said on Friday that the initiative didn't gather enough signatures from registered voters. The campaign for the proposal, which said in July that it had gathered 1.3 million signatures, said they plan to challenge the decision. By law, a ballot initiative would need 800,000 signatures of registered California voters to qualify.
"A full count of the signatures that all of you have helped us to gather has been denied, and we are announcing today our plans to challenge the decision and ensure that every supporter’s signature is counted," the campaign said on Friday in an email to supporters. Read more...
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