California is such a massive state — if it were an independent nation, it would have the eighth-largest economy in the world — that it has long been the subject of partitioning proposals. Now a new plan is calling for the Golden State to be dismembered into six new states. The proposal could possibly go before California voters in November should proponents collect the required number of signatures of nearly 808,000 registered voters to put the proposition on the ballot. …
The Crystal Ball loves a good hypothetical, so putting aside the unlikelihood of this partition, let’s consider its potential political ramifications. Besides necessitating several new flag designs and state capitals, an increase to 55 states would naturally alter the shape and size of the U.S. Senate, U.S. House and the Electoral College. So it turns out a simple ballot proposition would be anything but. CONT.
Geoffrey Skelley, Sabato’s Crystal Ball