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California Ballot Initiative to Secede the Union Cleared to Gather Signatures
Breitbart ^ | 01/24/2025 | Katherine Hamilton

Posted on 01/25/2025 5:40:43 AM PST by DFG

A California ballot initiative proposing that the state become its own country and secede from the United States has been filed and cleared for signature gathering.

If the measure makes it onto the November 2028 ballot, it would ask voters: “Should California leave the United States and become a free and independent country?” local news outlet KCRA3 reported on Friday.

The guidelines would require 50 percent of registered voters to participate and a “yes” vote from 55 percent of voters, which would indicate “a vote of no confidence in the United States of America,” according to the report. The measure would further show that the “will of the people of California” is to become a country.

“According to the initiative’s language, it would not change California’s current government or relationship with the U.S. However, it would create a commission to report on California’s viability as an independent country,” the report states. “The initiative estimates one-time election-related costs, and forming a commission on national sovereignty and independence would cost $10 million. It estimates that operating the commission would take another $2 million in annual state costs.”

The circulation deadline is July 22, and the initiative requires 546,651 valid signatures.

“Legally seceding the country would require a constitutional amendment, which would require the approval of Congress and 38 states,” the report notes.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: 2024election; breitbart; california; denmark; disneyland; election2024; gavinnewsom; karenbass; katherinehamilton; leftcoast; losangeles; reparations; secede; secession
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1 posted on 01/25/2025 5:40:43 AM PST by DFG
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To: DFG

Lets hurry up and leave
They can then deal with their owned ash heaps


2 posted on 01/25/2025 5:44:36 AM PST by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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To: George from New England

Democrats could never get the Presidency again.


3 posted on 01/25/2025 5:45:55 AM PST by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: George from New England

if they did leave the entire state would become Mexico in 5 years.


4 posted on 01/25/2025 5:47:19 AM PST by Qwapisking (Q: know the difference between a petulant 6 y.o. and a liberal? A:age. L.Star )
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To: DFG
California cannot and will not be allowed to secede. Our enemies would jump at the chance to move in.
5 posted on 01/25/2025 5:48:27 AM PST by RoosterRedux ("There's nothing so inert as a closed mind" )
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To: DFG

Be still my beating heart...


6 posted on 01/25/2025 5:51:29 AM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Trade it to Denmark for Greenland.


7 posted on 01/25/2025 5:51:37 AM PST by Mogger ( 7th generation Vermonter, refugee in New Hampshire hoping NH remains sane.)
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To: DFG

So long as California allows each county the option to secede from the state (ie many of the inland counties and counties north of Oakland would leave), I am perfectly willing to allow the coastal strip to depart in peace. Same goes for Washington State, Oregon and any other state.


8 posted on 01/25/2025 5:51:53 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: DFG

I’m good with that. It will ensure GOP control of the government for a hundred years.


9 posted on 01/25/2025 5:53:33 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: DFG

Withhold all Fed funds to California until this is resolved. You want to go it alone, lets see if you can.


10 posted on 01/25/2025 5:55:19 AM PST by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: DFG
This will be fun!

I'm encouraging all liberal Californians to vote yes. With Los Angeles County alone gone, conservatives are assured the next national many elections. AND we can assign Newsom and the California Democrats their "fair share" of the national debt!

Best to move the Robinsons and some Cal Freepers out first.

11 posted on 01/25/2025 5:57:44 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Qwapisking

American Gaza is what it would become. China would love it!


12 posted on 01/25/2025 5:58:12 AM PST by Lake Living
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To: RoosterRedux

No more so than Mexico. But it isn’t going to happen, anyway. Although we can wish....


13 posted on 01/25/2025 5:58:21 AM PST by Quickgun (I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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To: DFG

Can anybody sign it or do you have to be a homeless Californian?


14 posted on 01/25/2025 6:01:45 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (For a good time, call Lisa M. 123-4567)
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To: George from New England

Since CA has no voter ID, maybe we can help the intiative along, with some Freep votes. A little ballot harvesting of our own.....


15 posted on 01/25/2025 6:04:24 AM PST by RedElement
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To: DFG

Lol!! CA you want to live under the clueless and ineffectual leaders you elect? Go right ahead!


16 posted on 01/25/2025 6:06:36 AM PST by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: DFG

Been down this road before need to start hanging California democratsat the state capitol en mass


17 posted on 01/25/2025 6:07:26 AM PST by Nebr FAL owner (Treason is the reason for Democrat Sedition & subvertion )
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To: DFG

Been down this road before need to start hanging California democratsat the state capitol en mass


18 posted on 01/25/2025 6:08:50 AM PST by Nebr FAL owner (Treason is the reason for Democrat Sedition & subvertion )
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To: DFG

Where can I sign?


19 posted on 01/25/2025 6:12:17 AM PST by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: DFG

There is precedent.

They vote to secede.

The U.S. governments says you cannot do so.

They attempt to take over U.S. military installations.

The U.S. military conquers and occupies the state. The leaders who pushed secession are barred from holding office.

A new regime is put in place, with changes in voting laws required by Constitutional Amendment.

So, there are positive sides to such a development.


20 posted on 01/25/2025 6:13:20 AM PST by marktwain
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