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Five Oregon Counties Vote to Secede and Join Idaho 19 May 2021 Five rural Oregon counties voted on Tuesday to secede from the state of Oregon and join the state of Idaho. The Idaho Statesmanreported: Thousands of people in eastern Oregon voted Tuesday for their elected officials to consider ditching their state and becoming part of Idaho. Voters in Sherman, Lake, Grant, Baker and Malheur counties all voted for ballot measures that would lead to them becoming Idahoans. People in Union and Jefferson counties had already voted in favor during the November election. . . The vote is only the...

Five Oregon counties voted in Tuesday’s special election to consider leaving Oregon, by having their counties become part of Idaho instead.

Five Oregon counties plot move to Idaho to be with conservative friends Coral Murphy Marcos © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Keith Ridler/AP Five rural Oregon counties voted Tuesday in favor of considering a permanent move to Idaho in efforts to join a more conservative political environment. Voters in Malheur, Sherman, Grant, Baker and Lake counties passed a measure that would require county officials to promote and discuss moving the Idaho border west, and incorporate their populations. The counties would join Union and Jefferson counties in Idaho. The predominant i...

An effort to move nearly two dozen of Oregon’s most rural counties into the more conservative neighboring state of Idaho has gained momentum – with five counties voting this week in favor of having local officials consider the issue, according to reports.

A successful move would require approval from the state legislature and the United States Congress. By Istock Story at a glance Five Oregon counties voted in favor of leaving the state in elections Tuesday, becoming the latest to join an effort to move to Idaho. The proposal, which was pushed by the Move Oregon’s Borders for a Greater Idaho, would be a step toward Idaho taking over roughly three-quarters of Oregon’s land Tuesday’s ballot measure was the first step to have local officials consider the move, with three counties mandating regular ...