Two Oregon Counties Vote to Consider Seceding, Joining Idaho

Two Oregon Counties Vote to Consider Seceding, Joining Idaho
Mount Hood reflected in Mirror Lake, Ore., on June 22, 2006. Public Domain
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
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Residents of two rural Oregon counties voted in the Nov. 3 election to require their county officials to begin considering what would be involved in seceding from Oregon by moving neighboring Idaho’s border.

Oregon’s swing to the left in recent years has left many Oregonians uncomfortable as state officials such as Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, has enforced what they consider to be excessively strict policies aimed to combat the CCP virus that causes the disease COVID-19.