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1. musicman (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 14-Jun-2018 16:26:34 EDT musicman
   @lnxw48a1 thoughts on https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/13/us/california-three-states-initiative-ballot/index.html ? Seems like a good idea to me.
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 14-Jun-2018 21:42:56 EDT lnxw48a1

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      @musicman Theoretically good. Poorly thought out. Los Angeles has nothing in common with Monterey, but belongs with the rest of !SoCal.
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      The state of #CA is in desperate need of division into 2-4 smaller entities, but this is the wrong plan for the job.
      1. musicman (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 15-Jun-2018 13:21:28 EDT musicman

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         Population #s are going to be way off if you move LA...of course you can move other things. It seems like the more variables you introduce, the less likely to happen, so maybe two is the way forward.
         1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 15-Jun-2018 14:00:14 EDT lnxw48a1

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            @musicman Trying to balance population counts is a bad move. Grouping areas such that they are contiguous and have natural affinity is the most important. Trying to evenly divide Electoral College votes without causing political implosion in the new states is not possible.