Current Events > 5 counties in Oregon will vote this May on whether to leave and join Idaho

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Hduus2772dhhs
02/26/21 10:07:24 PM
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https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/northwest/idaho/article249452010.html

A group of residents in Oregon could be a step closer to their goal of joining Idaho.

Voters in five Oregon counties will cast ballots May 18 on initiatives to join the state of Idaho, Move Oregons Border President Mike McCarter said Monday.

The group was already awarded measures in Grant, Malheur and Sherman counties, and it awaits signature verification in Baker and Lake counties, McCarter said. He said the group submitted 141% of the signatures required in those counties.

The group of conservative Oregonians created a petition last year to move Idahos border west to include part of their state, McClatchy News reported. Its part of the Greater Idaho project, which would allow some Oregon counties to join a state that some people say more closely aligns with their political preferences.

Its a complicated, multi-step process that would require local ballot measures and state and federal approval. The group hopes to eventually consume all but 14 of Oregons 36 counties.

Proponents say the swaths of conservative, pro-Trump, anti-tax voters in rural parts of Oregon have more in common with Idaho, and they want to claim it as their own state, McClatchy News reported.

Rural counties have become increasingly outraged by laws coming out of the Oregon Legislature that threaten our livelihoods, our industries, our wallet, our gun rights, and our values, McCarter previously said. We tried voting those legislators out but rural Oregon is outnumbered and our voices are now ignored. This is our last resort.

The coronavirus pandemic has helped solidify the Move Oregon Border groups feelings. During COVID-19 lockdowns, McCarter said, lawmakers gave COVID relief to urban Oregon instead of rural Oregon.

Some in the group say they are tied to their communities and dont want to move to Idaho but rather move Idaho to them.

Move Oregons Border is working to collect more signatures for a ballot initiative in seven counties, including Curry, Josephine, Jackson, Klamath, Harney, Morrow, and Umatilla.

Divisions in Oregon are getting dangerous, so we see the relocation of the border as a way to keep the peace. Its not divisive, McCarter said...


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The Trent
02/26/21 10:08:11 PM
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lol

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What_
02/26/21 10:08:16 PM
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Does Idaho want them?
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Coloradough
02/26/21 10:09:26 PM
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Well it's true, idaho is full of racist militant types

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Solar_Crimson
02/26/21 10:11:46 PM
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Less red votes for Oregon, and more for a state that's already solidly red.

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Vicious_Dios
02/26/21 10:12:52 PM
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Idaho truly is a diamond in the rough.

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VipaGTS
02/26/21 10:13:23 PM
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what idiots lol.

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Returning_CEmen
02/26/21 10:16:01 PM
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Thats not gonna help their cause
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Bad_Mojo
02/26/21 10:17:10 PM
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ScazarMeltex
02/26/21 10:17:19 PM
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Coloradough posted...
Well it's true, idaho is full of racist militant types
I mean Oregon was actually originally founded to be a sort of racist utopia.

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bigtiggie23
02/26/21 10:18:25 PM
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Just the fact that there are people out there with a lifetime goal of becoming part of Idaho is glorious.
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Null_Gain
02/26/21 10:18:44 PM
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Coloradough posted...
Well it's true, idaho is full of racist militant types


Vicious_Dios posted...
Idaho truly is a diamond in the rough.



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hockeybub89
02/26/21 10:19:06 PM
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Hduus2772dhhs posted...
which would allow some Oregon counties to join a state that some people say more closely aligns with their political preferences
A safe space, if you will.

Hduus2772dhhs posted...
Divisions in Oregon are getting dangerous, so we see the relocation of the border as a way to keep the peace. Its not divisive,"
This is literally a division though lol

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Medussa
02/26/21 10:21:32 PM
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i desperately want to see something happen to change the US, just to remind everyone that it's possible. i'm not sure this is it, but i don't expect it to have any chance of success, either. but in the grand scheme, it wouldn't really change a lot, so maybe yeah, go for it.

PR statehood when?, though

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Hduus2772dhhs
02/26/21 10:21:35 PM
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uwnim
02/26/21 10:22:03 PM
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I really doubt this will be successful no matter how much the people there want it.

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Medussa
02/26/21 10:22:58 PM
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uwnim posted...
I really doubt this will be successful no matter how much the people there want it.

iirc, the counties need to vote for it. then both Oregon and Idaho need to vote for it. then the US congress has to approve it.

so... yeah.

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cjsdowg
02/26/21 10:24:27 PM
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Are they can just move to Idaho.

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Hduus2772dhhs
02/26/21 10:24:58 PM
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Medussa posted...


iirc, the counties need to vote for it. then both Oregon and Idaho need to vote for it. then the US congress has to approve it.

so... yeah.


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Materus
02/26/21 10:28:50 PM
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As an Oregonian this has been a debated thing for years. Our population is so concentrated in and around Portland people in central/eastern Oregon have virtually no political representation but at the same time there's like very few people in those areas

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Hduus2772dhhs
02/26/21 10:29:38 PM
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Materus posted...
As an Oregonian this has been a debated thing for years. Our population is so concentrated in and around Portland people in central/eastern Oregon have virtually no political representation but at the same time there's like very few people in those areas


It's the same with California and Sacramento.
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kingdrake2
02/26/21 10:30:52 PM
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Materus posted...
central/eastern Oregon have virtually no political representation but at the same time there's like very few people in those areas


i don't like the things they did. especially those bundy's. took over a refuge and trashed it.
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Hduus2772dhhs
02/26/21 10:54:47 PM
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cjsdowg posted...
Are they can just move to Idaho.


Or they could become Idaho.
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MrNintendo1213
02/26/21 11:00:19 PM
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No.

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itachi15243
02/26/21 11:06:36 PM
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No way this would happen without major federal government approval

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Hexenherz
02/26/21 11:08:03 PM
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I'm from one of those counties they are trying to expand to and it would break my heart if they successfully petitioned there.

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UnholyMudcrab
02/26/21 11:08:52 PM
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bigtiggie23 posted...
Just the fact that there are people out there with a lifetime goal of becoming part of Idaho is glorious.
It's difficult to imagine anything more sad

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ShyOx
02/26/21 11:14:42 PM
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Materus posted...
As an Oregonian this has been a debated thing for years. Our population is so concentrated in and around Portland people in central/eastern Oregon have virtually no political representation but at the same time there's like very few people in those areas

Thats how it is in any state with a large rural area and also big cities. We Memphians are liberal as all get out and stuck with our janky conservative representation

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AlCalavicci
02/26/21 11:43:20 PM
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Hypothetically if this happened, would it affect EC votes for either state?

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Heineken14
02/26/21 11:47:01 PM
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Maaaaaan I fucking hope like fuck this doesn't happen for the simple fact it's make me nervous the county I'm in would try to get absorbed into missouris gross ass.
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Heineken14
02/26/21 11:47:31 PM
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Materus posted...
As an Oregonian this has been a debated thing for years. Our population is so concentrated in and around Portland people in central/eastern Oregon have virtually no political representation but at the same time there's like very few people in those areas


Sounds just like Illinois.
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Hduus2772dhhs
02/27/21 4:56:59 AM
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mobilebloechel posted...
It's not gonna happen.


Just like how Trump "will never be President"?
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Crazyman93
02/27/21 5:04:11 AM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
Less red votes for Oregon, and more for a state that's already solidly red.
Actually, the real question here is how it would affect the House. Oregon could easily lose House seats.

But Oregon isn't gonna let it happen and even if they did, a Democrat controlled Federal Government isn't gonna let it happen.

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ColdRainAndSnow
02/27/21 5:24:46 AM
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nothing but a fly over state lmao

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steveoSEK
02/27/21 5:32:31 AM
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Calling it now. Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana join Texas to form the republic of Texas.

I will straight up put money on this.

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The Catgirl Fondler
02/27/21 5:47:49 AM
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Lol, so dumb, and I say that as someone living in Oregon.
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Rathinor
02/27/21 7:01:27 AM
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TC is SirMixaLot, the fake lawyer
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indica
02/27/21 7:10:35 AM
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steveoSEK posted...
Calling it now. Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana join Texas to form the republic of Texas.

I will straight up put money on this.
Not NM, but maybe the rest

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Vicious_Dios
02/27/21 1:02:08 PM
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Null_Gain posted...

Got something on your mind there, buddy?

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thronedfire2
02/27/21 1:09:10 PM
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steveoSEK posted...
Calling it now. Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana join Texas to form the republic of Texas.

I will straight up put money on this.

sure, and next winter when they get a snowstorm theyll all be begging to rejoin the US

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kingdrake2
02/27/21 1:11:30 PM
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The Catgirl Fondler posted...
Lol, so dumb, and I say that as someone living in Oregon.


agreed. it's due to some counties in eastern oregon not having a say in any matter. majority rules etc.
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TheMikh
02/27/21 1:19:51 PM
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mobilebloechel posted...
Jefferson!

not a question of if, but when

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Tyranthraxus
02/27/21 1:22:41 PM
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Hduus2772dhhs posted...
Or they could become Idaho.
Now I am become Idaho destroyer of minorities

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The Nintendo Master
02/27/21 1:23:52 PM
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Would make more sense to add some counties from Idaho to flip Oregon the other way. But then again, do people even live anywhere in Idaho besides Boise or is it just like 5 potato farms?

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kingdrake2
02/27/21 1:27:01 PM
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The Nintendo Master posted...
just like 5 potato farms?

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Occupy_This
02/27/21 1:42:19 PM
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People in Idaho just want beach front property and a part of the Columbia river gorge since theres not much of anything in their state.

Theyre better off trying to form their own state then trying to join one.

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DeathVelvien
02/27/21 1:53:56 PM
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steveoSEK posted...
Calling it now. Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana join Texas to form the republic of Texas.

I will straight up put money on this.
Why would a blue state like New Mexico do that

Hell, I doubt even AZ is red enough to do so anymore tbh

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sondast
02/27/21 2:15:40 PM
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When gerrymandering fails, just reshape entire states.

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