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Home Front: Politix

Eastern Oregon residents trying to secede, expanding Idaho's border

2025-02-18

[NYPOST] During the anti-police riots of 2020, Oregon was front-and-center as protesters vandalized Portland and made a dayslong ~~violent~~ mostly peaceful stand in front of the Mark Hatfield Federal Courthouse.

But in the eastern two-thirds of Oregon, the conservative geographic majority of the state did not ideologically align with their urban brethren.

Over the past several years, the Greater Idaho movement has tried to create the conditions needed for about 13 counties to join the conservative Gem State next door.

Greater Idaho began putting such measures up for votes in various counties in 2020 and this month saw Republican politicians file a bill in the state legislature that would create a task force to study ''moving'' the border.

State Rep. Mark Owens, R-Malheur, put forward HB 3844, a measure that creates and directs a task force to document the impacts of relocating the Idaho border and requires a report be presented to politicians in Salem.

Owens did not respond when reached for requests for comment.

Greater Idaho president Mike McCarter said in a statement: ''We are encouraged to see the representatives of Eastern Oregon coming together to advocate for their voters by bringing these bills to the Legislature. The people of Eastern Oregon have made clear they want to explore moving the border and joining Idaho.

Posted by:Fred

#5 Should the Justice Department get control of the voting process, it will be interesting to see what the political landscape actually looks like.

Posted by: trailing wife 2025-02-18 20:21

#4 the virus is spreading, to Boise and of course its already ruined Sun Valley and Moscow

Posted by: 746 2025-02-18 14:09

#3 It an unforeseen down side to the Civil War the Left wants to ignite. I see a lot of state boundaries being readjusted like West Virginia in the last Civil War. They'll be left with metroplexes without power or local sustainment for basics (you're not going to dump your trash in my backyard).

Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-02-18 09:20

#2

Question now is.
Will the Oregon Liberal Virus spread?

Posted by: NN2N1 2025-02-18 08:04

#1 That would cause an electoral mess. Can’t see the Dems allowing it.

Posted by: Super Hose 2025-02-18 04:52

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