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Greater Idaho: Rural conservatives in Oregon look to join Idaho
CNN via MSN ^ | 19 February 2020 | Kelly Mena

Posted on 02/19/2020 2:44:52 PM PST by Publius

Some residents in Oregon are fed up with living under Democratic control of their state government and have launched a ballot initiative campaign to join Republican-led Idaho.

The movement, known as "Move Oregon's Border for a Greater Idaho," is hoping to expand the borders of the Gem State through the inclusion of more than a dozen bordering rural counties now in Oregon.

Mike McCarter, chief petitioner of the movement says the group has gotten the "green light" in at least three Oregon counties -- Josephine, Douglas and Umatilla -- that would start the first step in the secession process, which would be collecting signatures to eventually end up on the November 2 ballot.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: idaho; oregon; secession; states
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I suggested this some time ago for those in eastern Washington and eastern Oregon who wanted to leave their states and didn't want to go through the process of creating a new state.
1 posted on 02/19/2020 2:44:52 PM PST by Publius
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To: Publius

4 later


2 posted on 02/19/2020 2:47:40 PM PST by WKUHilltopper
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Maybe they should just sneak out at night and repaint the Oregon/Idaho border so that it is to the west of their community (when I was little, the first time I flew in a plane I expected to be able to look down and see the border lines between states laid out on the ground, just like a map).


3 posted on 02/19/2020 2:50:07 PM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.`)
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Ballot box gerrymandering.
4 posted on 02/19/2020 2:50:53 PM PST by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
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To: Publius

Aside from being basically impossible, if it would would turn a red congressional district blue (or even help to do so), it’s also idiotic.


5 posted on 02/19/2020 2:51:50 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
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If they are successful they should also jam CNN and MSNBC broadcast transmissions.
6 posted on 02/19/2020 2:56:41 PM PST by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
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Political ideals, no matter how correct, are irrelevant........if ya don’t win.
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E WA, N CA, E OR, W VA are all punching bags for liberally controlled legislatures.
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God bless you for wanting to secede, start a new state, join another state, start another country, etc. Because you truly are disenfranchised rural cultures that want to self govern within your culture and society.
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The problem is that Congress has to call that play. They are the wrong people to do anything as sensible as what you want. Congress is not going to add more Senators, by reshuffling the same deck of cards.
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You are throwing a lot of political energy into a losing cause. If you want to expand your mailing lists, OK.
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Struggle for something you have a chance of winning.


7 posted on 02/19/2020 2:56:54 PM PST by gandalftb
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West Virginia has been inviting Red districts of Virginia to their state.
The new lines are being drawn
8 posted on 02/19/2020 2:59:21 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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This makes sense, but is it doable?

Have territories of states ever left a state and moved to another state?

I guess WV?


9 posted on 02/19/2020 3:00:56 PM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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Not going to happen. Won’t pass the Oregon legislature and wouldn’t make it through the House eve if it did.


10 posted on 02/19/2020 3:02:44 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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Aside from being basically impossible, if it would would turn a red congressional district blue (or even help to do so), it’s also idiotic.

It wouldn't. The one congressional district in Oregon that's Republican takes up basically the entire eastern two-thirds of the state. That's the part that wants to leave.

11 posted on 02/19/2020 3:05:22 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Publius

The union is pretty much dissolved and most states should be broken apart politically. The scum swarm of liberals who exodus their former sh*thole states are destroying the conservative states.


12 posted on 02/19/2020 3:22:52 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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The proposal includes a good chunk of California, too, from Yreka and Weed down to Red Bluff and Redding. We'd get Mt Shasta and Lassen National Park, too!


13 posted on 02/19/2020 3:30:26 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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38-page proposal

http://www.greateridaho.org/the_downloads/2020/main/Greater_Idaho_Proposal.pdf

News

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/02/17/oregon-idaho-border-petition-secede/4789936002/News

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http://www.greateridaho.org


14 posted on 02/19/2020 4:28:11 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT (Committee to Re-Elect the President ( CREEP ))
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I looked at the map, and I can’t figure out where Utah would be. Looks like it disappeared.


15 posted on 02/19/2020 4:32:38 PM PST by jackibutterfly (President Trump doesn't collude with the Russians/Ukranians, he colludes with GOD!)
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To: Publius

A lot of us in SW Oregon want serious change, too. I was thinking more along the lines of running the Willamette Valley liberals out of the State, though.


16 posted on 02/19/2020 4:35:33 PM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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An interesting idea. Something like it might happen but it would take the federal government breaking down to effect it. Personally I'm fine with my own Private Idaho.
17 posted on 02/19/2020 4:38:19 PM PST by Billthedrill
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As long as it’s running them straight into the Pacific Ocean then I’m all for it. I just don’t want to run them to other lands.


18 posted on 02/19/2020 4:53:11 PM PST by Mr Fuji
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Utah is somewhere west of Iowa.


19 posted on 02/19/2020 4:54:07 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT (Committee to Re-Elect the President ( CREEP ))
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Or send ‘em to Kalifornia. Let ‘em live in the paradise that they envision.


20 posted on 02/19/2020 4:55:11 PM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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