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A New Hampshire man holds a sign advocating for secession during the 2012 presidential election. In the context of the United States, secession primarily refers to the voluntary withdrawal of one or more states from the Union that constitutes the United States; but may loosely refer to leaving a state or territory to form a separate territory or new state, or to the severing of an area from a ...
The group wanted the Pima County Board of Supervisors to put the issue on the 2012 ballot, but it was rejected by the board due to lack of authority, so the group circulated petitions. [8] Interest in secession grew when Republican governor Jan Brewer and her allies enacted Arizona SB 1070 , regarding illegal immigration. [ 9 ]
[21] [49] The petition stated that secession would "protect the original ideas and beliefs of our founding fathers which are no longer being reflected by the federal government" and defend Texans from "blatant abuses to their rights" [54] The Texas secession petition was followed by one allowing Austin to secede from Texas and stay part of the ...
A viral post shared on X claims California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is purportedly considering seceding from the Union following President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 victory. Verdict: False ...
Coincidentally, the upstate locale of Town Line, New York voted to secede from the Union, contributing five soldiers to the Confederate troops. (Twenty residents fought for the Union Army. [7]) Since Town Line was an unincorporated community with no legal status, the secession vote had no legal effect, and the Confederacy never recognized it. [8]
“If we separate from that, the people in Chicago can get what they want and the people in southern Illinois can have a community that more accurately represents us.”
Residents of Florence Township began a petition to secede from Goodhue County over plans to locate a nuclear waste disposal site in the area. [36] There appears to have been a proposal to split Pine County in 2000 in an attempt to reintroduce Buchanan County, which prompted a change in county formation laws. [37]
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