Supporters of Californian independence have taken the first step towards secession from the US by submitting a ballot proposal to the state attorney general. A group called called the ‘Yes California Independence Campaign’ submitted their proposal for a ballot measure on removing a piece of the state’s Constitution that describes it as an “inseparable” part of America. The group has been around since 2014, but the idea of California’s secession gained momentum since President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. Press TV reports: On Monday, the Yes California Independence Campaign proposed to include the matter on the ballot during the November 2018 gubernatorial elections across the US, where 39 state and territorial governorships as well as numerous other state and local elections would be contested. The request was filed with the attorney general’s office, asking it to “prepare a circulating title and summary of the enclosed ballot measure: “Calexit: The California Independence Plebiscite of 2019.” The independence vote would be held sometime in the spring of 2019, provided that the group changes the California Constitution and then collects the number signatures required to put the measure on the 2018 gubernatorial ballot. The idea of a so-called “Calexit” was first brought up by the group [...]
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