Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater Idaho'

Re:Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater... by chrononaut on Thursday May 20, 2021 @07:41PM (#27228848)

> Any county can just vote to break off into another state due to political reasons or to form their own state?

While your question is still an interesting thought experiment, it is worth noting that OP was referring to counties moving between two existing states, not counties seceding a former a _new_ state, which would certainly have different ramifications.

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Re:Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater... by sircastor on Thursday May 20, 2021 @11:52PM (#27230304)

There has been an idea of the west coast states seceding from the Union to form a new country (Cascadia) for quite some time. Though I imagine it’d be a more narrow strip than the whole of Oregon, Washington, and California.

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Re:Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater... by icedistilled on Thursday May 20, 2021 @08:02PM (#27229006)

It's a natural next step. It's hardly a slippery slope argumentative fallacy to suggest the precedent would extend to a logical next step.

And are counties only allowed to do it if they are contiguous with their desired state?

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