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Re:Four Million Commutes Reveal New U.S. 'Megaregions' by umanwizard on Sunday December 04, 2016 @01:35PM (#13101095)
Counties are different in character from States. Any State government can decide completely of its own accord (i.e., without the consent of the counties) to change county boundaries however it wants, because States are sovereign entities, whereas counties are not.
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Re:Four Million Commutes Reveal New U.S. 'Megaregions' by sverige on Sunday December 04, 2016 @02:07PM (#13101249)
That is not true in every state. Colorado requires a vote of the residents of an area to form counties, most recently exercised when Broomfield County was carved out of three other counties.
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Re:Four Million Commutes Reveal New U.S. 'Megaregions' by Zach_the_Lizard on Sunday December 04, 2016 @04:32PM (#13101881)
That is how the state government chooses to handle this situation, but the Feds are not involved, which was the original point.

Colorado could wake up tomorrow and change its laws or initiate the change process and Uncle Sam wouldn't care.

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