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05-20-2021, 11:13am | #1 | ||||||
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Five Oregon counties vote to join Idaho
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...joining-idaho/
Five eastern Oregon counties voted Tuesday to consider joining Idaho, the biggest victory to date for the movement to split off from the Democrat-controlled blue state by redrawing state lines. Citizens for Greater Idaho said that the five rural counties — Sherman, Lake, Grant, Baker and Malheur — approved measures directing county commissioners to promote the concept of border relocation, joining two other counties, Union and Jefferson, that did so in November. The Nov. 3 election also saw two other counties defeat the Greater Idaho proposal, but on Tuesday, all five counties with the initiatives on the ballot passed them. “This election proves that rural Oregon wants out of Oregon. If Oregon really believes in liberal values such as self-determination, the Legislature won’t hold our counties captive against our will,” said Mike McCarter, president of Citizens for Greater Idaho. “If we’re allowed to vote for which government officials we want, we should be allowed to vote for which government we want as well.” Support for the measures ranged from 54% in Malheur County to 74% in Lake County. Average turnout in the county elections was 43%, well above the statewide average of 25%, according to the organization. The ballot language differed slightly. “Sherman County voted for a ballot initiative that makes county commissioners responsible for promoting ‘the interests of the County in the relocation of Idaho state borders,’” said Greater Idaho. The other four counties “voted for a ballot initiative that requires county commissioners to meet periodically to ‘discuss how to promote the interests of [the county] in any negotiations regarding relocations of Idaho state borders,’” the group said. |
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05-20-2021, 11:16am | #2 | ||||||
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We just returned from a week in Idaho visiting our daughter and her family. They don't want any part of Oregon.
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This isn't anything new. Conservative eastern, southern, and northern CA counties want out of their liberal states.
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More garbage news.
If my civics is correct (and I think it is), you can't just vote to change state lines. It would have to be an agreement between both state legislatures and the Congress which would be years in the making. While I sympathize with these people who are stuck in a state whose politics they want no part of, they would be better off just picking up and moving away. This is yet another time-wasting way of "sending a message". |
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The problem is the dense population cities are driving the agenda while the suburbs and rural area's are being ignored. Sooner or later this will lead to major problems unless corrected. |
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PA is mostly conservative and the two shitholes at each end of the state turn things DEMONCRAT |
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