There have been attempts from parts of states to secede from the state that they are presently in and form their own states before.
I remember that for the longest time there was an attempt for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to form its own state following a series of decisions by the governor at the time that really made the UP feel like they were second fiddle. It never went anywhere, but it is always one of those things that can be threatened every so often to get what a part of the country wants for its people.
Secession from the US or from a specific region in the United States isn’t a new concept.
On Wednesday, Texas, secessionist Rep. Kyle Biedermann (R) proposed a bill that would allow Texas to secede from the United States, allowing it to establish itself as an independent republic.
“Voters of all political persuasions in Texas can agree on one thing, Washington D.C. is and has been broken,” Biedermann said in the statement.
But is it common for a county to secede to a neighboring state?
Weld County, Colorado, with a population of 324,000, is hoping to leave the liberal state and become part of its conservative neighboring state, Wyoming.
The Statesman reports- According to the political committee “Weld County Wyoming,” the question is part of a new push to get a measure on the November ballot that would “instruct Weld County Commissioners to engage and explore the annexation of Weld County with the State of Wyoming’s Legislature.”
“Can this be done? Yes, it can be done. Is it going to be easy? No,” Christopher “Todd” Richards said during a meeting posted to YouTube in November.
“We’re going to move a county to a different state,” he explained during the meeting. “We’re not really moving. We’re just moving a line.”
The idea is to re-draw the state lines to exclude Weld County from Colorado and include it within Wyoming’s borders instead.
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