Some Oregonians Want To Leave And Take Part Of The State To Idaho With Them
Some Oregonians Want To Leave And Take Part Of The State To Idaho With Them Enlarge this image toggle caption Bradley Parks/OPB Bradley Parks/OPB Some rural Oregonians are so frustrated by Democratic politics that they want to leave the state. Sponsor Message "It's a movement to try to maintain our rural values," said Move Oregon's Border spokesman Mike McCarter, a 73-year-old retired nurseryman and firearms instructor from the Central Oregon town of La Pine, population 1,900. History 'The Hidden Light Of Northern Fires' Illuminates Little-Known Civil War Story 'The Hidden Light Of Northern Fires' Illuminates Little-Known Civil War Story Listen · 6:36 6:36 "We're afraid of what's coming down legislatively. Enlarge this image toggle caption Emily Cureton/OPB Emily Cureton/OPB Moving state lines is a process laid out in the U.S. Constitution, "particularly Article 4, Section 3," said Shaakirrah Sanders, professor of constitutional law at the University of Idaho. California and Oregon would lose population, and therefore representatives in Congress, "and that's usually not something that states like to have happen," Sanders said.
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