Posted on 11/07/2022 2:08:06 PM PST by lowbridge
Republican voters in Eastern and Central Oregon are so fed up with liberal lawmakers that they want to break rank — and state lines — and become part of Idaho.
On Tuesday, two Oregon counties, Morrow and Wheeler, are set to vote on a ballot measure about whether to explore leaving the state. Since 2020, nine counties in Eastern Oregon have already voted to join the Greater Idaho movement.
“People in Eastern Oregon are just different and have different views on crime, the Second Amendment, abortion, taxes and minimum wage [from the western portion of the state],” Matt McCaw, spokesman for Greater Idaho, told The Post. “The polarization with the western part of the state is real. When I meet with people and host meetings, there are a lot of complaints about the lack of representation. Eastern Oregon is just very conservative and has its own culture.
”So he and a group of fellow disgruntled Oregonians in the small city of La Pine began to hash out a plan to secede because they no longer felt represented by the liberal lawmakers in the state capital, Salem. The solution: Join Idaho, where the Republican Party is firmly in control.
“Eastern Oregon, where we all live, could get state-level government from Idaho that matches their values,” McCaw said.
It’s a radical proposition that would see nearly two-thirds of Oregon’s 63 million acres (98,000 square miles), but less than 10% of its population, blend into neighboring Idaho.
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Thank you again. Will be reading up on this. I knew about the 17th amendment but was unaware of the 1964 Warren Court decision. I have long wondered why our state legislature wasn’t modeled like Congress and why the counties had no representation.
The state legislature is always passing mandates for counties to fulfill, with no funding, of course. These mandates are frequently ignored at this point, because a) there is no money and b) the legislature seems to have no desire to actually enforce them. It’s like they just pass stuff to put on their re-election brochures.
I was born there, and you're quite right.
There's Chicongo, and then there's Illinois.
Eastern Washington should start a similar initiative. Make Idaho Great Again.
Just do it.
If eastern Oregon somehow makes this work, then count on eastern Washington going for it, also. Then look for certain California counties bordering on Greater Idaho to commence the process.
My pleasure.
See post #17. One Man One Vote gets worse.
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