GOP-voting Eastern Oregon county is set to be twelfth to vote to leave Democrat state and become part of conservative Idaho - despite local lawmakers refusing to let them go
Daily Mail
December 31, 2022
Wallowa County residents could see the choice presented to them in ballots this coming May as part of the Greater Idaho movement, which seeks to shift Republican-leaning counties in Democrat-governed Oregon into its Republican-led neighboring state.
Eleven eastern Oregon counties have voted in favor of this so far, with four other counties, including Wallowa, included in the proposal to move state lines.
The movement was fueled in the recent election to replace outgoing Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (bottom right) a Democrat, with Republicans losing by a small margin.
Regardless of how residents vote, to actually change the states' borders would require lawmakers in Oregon, Idaho and U.S. Congress to sign off on it, something Idaho Gov. Brad Little (top right) said would be unlikely to happen.
In the above graphic, the thick white line is the existing border between Idaho and Oregon. Lighter red counties are those in Oregon which have already voted to join Idaho, with the single green county set to vote later in 2023.
2 comments:
I would think that Oregon would be happy to let them go and Idaho would be happy to have them.
It ain't gonna happen.
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