California Supreme Court Halts “Three State Initiative” Vote
For now, California will remain one state, as the California Supreme Court voted unanimously to remove Proposition 9, the three-state-initiative (CAL 3) from November’s ballot. Supporters of the initiative will have to wait, while the court considers whether voters are even allowed to consider splitting the state into three separate states. The court will next study the legality of the proposition and decide if the California Constitution allows such a measure.
The court normally allows ballot initiatives to go forward without intervention, but in this case, it cited “significant questions regarding the proposition’s validity.” The court further decided that answering those questions “outweighs any potential harm in delaying the proposition to a future election.”
The “significant questions” under consideration include whether voters have the authority to break up the state under California’s...
