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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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...
Meg Whitman edit Meg Whitman, is the former CEO and Board Chairman of eBay. She resigned in March of 2008. In September of 2009, she announced her official candidacy for governor of California. On September 22nd, Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced that she has been hired to by the Board of Directors to become CEO and President of the global PC maker. Leading eBay from 1998 to 2008, Meg helped the company grow from 30 employees and a little over $4 million in...
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