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  2. Texas secession movements - Wikipedia

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    Flag of Texas. Texas secession movements, also known as the Texas Independence movement or Texit, [1] [2] refers to both the secession of Texas during the American Civil War as well as activities of modern organizations supporting such efforts to secede from the United States and become an independent sovereign state.

  3. Secession in the United States - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. History of Texas (1865–1899) - Wikipedia

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    By popular election on September 6, 1881, Austin (with 30,913 votes) was chosen as the site of the main university. Galveston, having come in second in the election (20,741 votes) was designated the location of the medical department (Houston was third with 12,586 votes). [21] The University of Texas officially opened its doors on September 15 ...

  5. Secession Is Back in Style in Texas - AOL

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    Washington has responded by suing Texas over various issues, including Abbott installing floating barriers to block migrants in the Rio Grande (U.S. v. Abbott) and asserting in its S.B. 4 law the ...

  6. Texas secession? Civil war? Threats of violence — or worse ...

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    The government is on alert ahead of the 2022 midterms. Experts say the possibility of the political climate igniting a civil war is remote — but not off the table.

  7. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott invokes secession, earns praise from ...

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    Good morning and welcome to the A.M. Alert! TEXAS GOV INVOKES SECESSION IN STATEMENT. CALIFORNIA LAWMAKER SHOWS SUPPORT. The Civil War ended 159 years ago, but the language used by the ...

  8. Elections in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Texas has two uniform election dates, the first Saturday in May, and the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. [ 7 ] As of 2024, 99.5 percent of registered voters in Texas are in jurisdictions using voting methods with some form of auditable paper ballot , an established best practice for recounts and audits. [ 8 ]

  9. Texas Nationalist Movement wants secession vote during 2024 ...

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    The Texas Republican Party is in the process of verifying 139,000 petition signatures that would put a "Texit" resolution before March primary voters. Texas Nationalist Movement wants secession ...