A “Greater Idaho' measure on Wallowa County in Oregon seceding to Idaho managed to avoid a recount after special election results were released on Tuesday.
Idaho State Rep. Barbara Ehardt joins Fox & Friends to discuss policies pushing conservatives to leave Oregon and explains the process for the 11 counties to secede.when special election results on the measure were finalized Tuesday.
With Wallowa County's vote, 12 out of 12 counties that have held an election on a"Greater Idaho" measure of any kind have voted in favor of exploring the move.for formal talks between the two states' legislatures about redrawing the border has been split across party lines with Democrats opposing the idea and Republicans applauding it.
The Greater Idaho movement seeks to shift the border of red-state Idaho west to the Cascade Mountains in an effort to ease the political tension between urban and rural Oregonians.
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