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    Just When You Needed To Know Whether Prop. 19 Will Pass, CA.gov Results Page Goes Down

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    Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
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    Man, it looks like Silicon Valley is getting its butt kicked at the Califonia polls, with forecasted losses from former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, former HP CEO Carly Fiorina and the heavily tech industry supported Proposition 19, which would legalize marijuana in California. And you know what else is getting its butt kicked? Vote.Sos.CA.gov

    Apparently the entire Internet is really invested in today’s California midterm elections, because the official California Secretary of State site has been either down or more spotty than Twitter for the last 20 minutes. While it may appear functional, any attempt to view specific results is met with the following error message:

    “Due to an extremely high volume of traffic, the page you have requested is temporarily unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenience, please try your request again shortly.”

    Internet users dying to watch the votes as they e-trickle in can catch them on CNN’s CA State Results page, where it looks like the Fiorina vs. Barbara Boxer race is the only one of the big three that is even remotely close.

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    Person: Carly Fiorina
    Website: carlyfiorina.com
    Companies: Hewlett-Packard

    A self-made woman, Carly Fiorina began her business career as a secretary and rose through the ranks of corporate America to become the first, and to date, the only woman to lead a Fortune 20 company. Serving as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) from 1999 to 2005, she led the reinvention of the legendary company, successfully steering it through the dot-com bust and the worst technology recession in 25 years. During her tenure, HP’s...

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    Person: Meg Whitman
    Website: megwhitman.com
    Companies: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Hewlett-Packard, Zipcar, eBay, Hasbro Inc, The Stride Rite Corporation, Bain & Company, FTD, Inc, The Walt Disney Company, Procter & Gamble

    Meg Whitman is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett-Packard. She has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of HP since January 2011. From March 2011 to September 2011, Whitman served as a part-time strategic advisor to Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfield & Byers, a private equity firm. Previously, Whitman served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Board Chairman of eBay Inc., from 1998 to March 2008. Leading eBay from 1998 to 2008, Meg helped the company grow from...

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