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Two More Oregon Counties Vote to Study a Move to Idaho
Upset with being ignored by Oregon’s population centers whose far-left politics dominate the state, two additional rural Oregon counties have voted to study the possibility of a move to neighboring Idaho. Both Morrow and Wheeler counties have voted to join the Greater Idaho campaign, which posits that Oregon east of the Cascade mountains fits better socially and politically with the Gem State. The measures passed easily, with nearly 60 percent of both counties agreeing to study the move.
Morrow and Wheeler became the 10th and 11th eastern Oregon counties to approve a plan to study a possible move to Idaho. The Greater Idaho movement has targeted 15 Oregon counties to switch states; Crook, Gilliam, and Umatilla counties have not yet agreed to put an advisory question on the ballot.
Greater Idaho organizers claim that they have gained enough signatures for Wallowa County, in the extreme northeast portion of the state, to be the next county to consider the move.
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