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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 ...
De facto state (de facto entity): for regions without diplomatic recognition but with de facto autonomy. [Proposed state: proposed name for a seceding sovereign state. Proposed autonomous area: for movements towards greater autonomy for an area but not outright secession.
The list of county secession proposals in the United States includes proposed new counties to be formed from existing counties within a given state that have not yet been formed. For counties that want to secede from their current state and to join or create another, see List of U.S. state partition proposals .
A movement in a myriad of rural counties across deep blue states such as Illinois and California to split off and form new states appears to be gaining some steam in the wake of ... 2024 at 12:12 PM.
An Oregon ballot initiative is the latest in a long line of secession efforts that speak to the ... 2024 at 12:41 PM ... that more than 25% of Americans support some sort of secession by states, ...
Maine became the 23rd state on March 15, 1820, as part of the Missouri Compromise, which also geographically limited the spread of slavery and enabled the admission to statehood of Missouri the following year. [57] [58] [59] During the abolitionist era some supporters of William Lloyd Garrison sought the secession of Essex County from the state ...
The state party platform adopted in 2022 states that "Texas retains the right to secede from the United States" and calls on the Legislature to put the matter to put the measure on the statewide ...
As of July 2024, thirteen counties in Oregon (shown in red) had approved ballot measures in favor of Greater Idaho.. The Greater Idaho movement is an effort in the United States for counties east of the Oregon Cascades [1] to secede from the state of Oregon and join Idaho.