Californians could vote to secede from the union as early as 2028, now that organizers have received official permission to begin to collect signatures on the initiative.
Secretary of State Shirley Weber announced Thursday that Marcus Ruiz Evans, the central proponent of the measure, must collect at least 546,651 signatures from registered voters — 5 percent of the total votes cast for governor in the November 2022 general election — in order for it to be included on the November 2028 ballot.
