‘New California’ advocates seek to create 51st state, with vote in Citrus Heights

By Sara Beth Williams– — An organization seeking to split California into two states is hosting an in-person vote in counties across the state on Saturday, Aug. 2, with Citrus Heights serving as the voting location in Sacramento County.

The preliminary voting day is designed to gauge support for the New California State proposed state constitution. The event will take place in the West Hall of Citrus Heights Fellowship church, located at 7405 Mariposa Ave., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to the group’s website.

According to organizers, the vote will be held “in principle”, meaning participants are being asked to approve the general framework and direction of the proposed constitution, not to adopt it into law. According to a press release, the same constitution was passed internally by the group’s self-organized Senate and Assembly on July 1 during its 13th Constitutional Convention in Visalia, California…

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