Border move would split Jefferson County and Redmond and Bend would be in different states As voters demanded, Jefferson County commissioners has spent the past few weeks exploring the possibility leaving Oregon and joining Idaho. It's part of the Greater Idaho initative that would shift state lines to move most of Oregon counties east of the Cascades into Idaho. Commissioners discussed the plan in August and again in mid-February. Jefferson County voters decided in November to require commissioners to discuss the issue twice a year. "There's a million questions, for sure," says Kelly Simmelink, County Commission chair. Chris Taylor of the Move Oregon's Border campaign argued why it's worthwhile to tackle those million questions. "Unfortunately, the boundary between Oregon and Idaho is really outdated because it doesn't match the cultural boundary between people who like Portland and Salem's leadership and people who don't."