In Oregon, 13 counties have backed a plan that would see them leave the state and join Idaho.
On Tuesday, Crook County in Oregon became the 13th county to approve a proposal to secede from the state and join neighboring Idaho by 53.5 percent of the vote against 46.5 percent, as part of what supporters are calling the 'Greater Idaho' project.
ET on Thursday. This article will be updated if either comment.The proposal would require approval by the legislatures in both states and Congress itself for counties to leave Oregon and join Idaho.On its official website the Citizens for Greater Idaho states: 'If the United States were governed as a single state, we wouldn't have the opportunity for state governance to vary according to the culture of a local area. The purpose of having state lines is to allow this variance.
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