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December 21, 2013 03:15 am GMT

Tech VC Campaigns to Make Silicon Valley Its Own State

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It's one of the most fundamentally undemocratic aspects of American democracy: the state of California, with a record 38 million residents, gets the same representation in the U.S. Senate as Wyoming, which has 570,000 residents. Now one big-time venture capitalist is leading the charge to redress the balance with an eyebrow-raising ballot initiative to split California into six states

"Political representation of California's diverse population and economies has rendered the state nearly ungovernable," reads the proposal by VC Tim Draper, which he is expected to submit to the state's attorney general this weekend for inclusion in the next state ballot, pending signature collection. "The citizens of the state would be better served by six smaller state governments." Read more...

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