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Yes, but it would be extremely difficult.

So they are voting with their feet. Or trying to. Several counties voted earlier this month to consider joining Idaho, which has long been far more conservative (and sane) than its uber liberal neighbor, though admittedly, the prospect of actually getting to join Idaho is a long-shot (if the current rules are followed, that is). Voters in Malheur, Sherman, Grant, Baker, and Lake counties approved various measures that require county officials to take steps to look into moving the Idaho border west to incorporate the counties. The grassroots group Move Oregon’s Border for a Greater Idaho i...

The 'Greater Idaho' secessionists ultimately envision wrapping up not only 22 of Oregon's 36 counties, but also several counties in northern California as well.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Five eastern Oregon counties voted Tuesday in support of considering becoming part of Idaho. Baker, Grant, Lake, Malheur and Sherman counties join Union and Jefferson, which voted last year to require county officials to study or promote joining Idaho, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. The grassroots group Move Oregon's Border for a Greater Idaho wants to move Oregon's mostly rural eastern and southern counties -- and a few northern California counties -- into Idaho, believing they'd be better served in Idaho's more conservative political environmen...

Communities to be part of idaho is gaining traction. they voted to leave the state because they are fed up with liberal policies. joining me the president of move oregon's border for a greater idaho. that title says it all. what was the final straw? >> it is not the final straw. this is going on for 7 years but the people in rural oregon are starting to speak out. enough is enough. we are tired of being ruled by northwest oregon and their experiments up there, taxes up there, everything going on up there and we are just crying out to let us go, all-out us to be part of idaho. >> the counties i...