'Calexit' organizers can now start collecting signatures to get California secession on the ballot

The L.A. Times reports:

Supporters of the campaign for California to secede from the United States can now begin collecting the hundreds of thousands of signatures they need to get a proposed "Calexit" initiative on the ballot.

Secretary of State Alex Padilla cleared the proposed initiative to begin collecting signatures on Thursday.

If the measure were to get on the ballot and gain approval by a majority of voters, it would repeal clauses in the California constitution stating that the state is an "inseparable part of the United States" and that the U.S. constitution is the "supreme law of the land" according to the title and summary prepared by the state attorney general's office.

The measure would place another question on the ballot in 2019, asking whether California should become a separate country. If least half of registered voters participate in that vote, with at least 55% of those voting to approve, the results would be treated as California's declaration of independence.

California channels its' inner "John C. Calhoun".