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Democracy Deserts: California Cities (2017-2021 ACS data)

ICI September 11, 2023

What if a city held an election, and less than half the adults who lived in that city were allowed to vote? Would you call that city a democracy?

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Test drive our California independence survey!

ICI September 2, 2023

The Independent California Institute is planning to run a scientific poll asking Californians what they would think about California having more autonomy to run its “Test drive our California independence survey!”

  • Fair Representation
  • Sep. 2021 Voter Guide
  • Voting Rights

Vote NO on the Recall

ICI August 21, 2021

In June 2010, Californians joined most of the rest of the democratic world by amending our constitution to require our elected officials to receive a majority of votes to “Vote NO on the Recall”

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California Independence Movement to hold itself to a higher standard

ICI January 28, 2021

Carlsbad, CA: Independent California Institute, a 501(c)(3) think tank that studies California independence, today issued a set of basic standards (see https://ic.institute/cio-standards) that they invite all self-identified California independence (or “Calexit”) organizations to abide by.

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  • Nov. 2020 Voter Guide

The Independent Californian’s Voter Guide, Nov. 2020

ICI October 7, 2020

It is more than fitting that this year’s election falls on November 3, California Independence Day, the day that, in 1836, the province of Alta “The Independent Californian’s Voter Guide, Nov. 2020”

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  • Health Care
  • Nov. 2020 Voter Guide
  • Research Funding

Prop 14: YES on more stem cell research funding

ICI October 7, 2020

Back in 2004, the George W. Bush administration severely restricted federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, citing “moral” concerns. So California voters responded by “Prop 14: YES on more stem cell research funding”

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  • Nov. 2020 Voter Guide
  • Taxes

Prop 15: YES on fixing our commercial property tax system

ICI October 7, 2020

California has the population, economic might, and ambitions of a country. But it often doesn’t have a rational tax system to match. Case in point “Prop 15: YES on fixing our commercial property tax system”

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  • Affirmative Action
  • Education
  • Nov. 2020 Voter Guide

Prop 16: YES on letting California control how affirmative action works

ICI October 7, 2020

America’s racial and ethnic diversity pales in comparison to California’s. However, at the University of California, neither the makeup of the student population or the “Prop 16: YES on letting California control how affirmative action works”

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  • Criminal Justice
  • Nov. 2020 Voter Guide
  • Voting Rights

Prop 17: YES to ending felon disenfranchisement in California

ICI October 7, 2020

The United States is one of very few countries where a citizen can be permanently stripped of their right to vote for committing a crime. “Prop 17: YES to ending felon disenfranchisement in California”

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  • Nov. 2020 Voter Guide
  • Voting Rights

Prop 18: no recommendation on (somewhat) reducing the voting age

ICI October 7, 2020

Currently, you have to be at least 18 years of age to cast a vote in California. This allows 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections “Prop 18: no recommendation on (somewhat) reducing the voting age”

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