Democrats could be headed towards a catastrophic loss that would be hard to recover from.
State lines could be redrawn in a major way.
Two million people had a vote that could cause them to secede from a Democrat state.
In San Bernardino County, California, voters decided to explore the possibility of seceding from the state.
San Bernardino Voter Information Guide asked residents of San Bernardino in Measure EE if officials should “study and advocate for all options to obtain the county’s fair share of state funding, including secession from the State of California.”
It passed with 51.26% of the vote.
Jeff Burum, a local real estate developer who first proposed the idea, was annoyed that the margins of the vote passing were so narrow.
“I’m embarrassed where we are in this country right now,” Burum said, according to the San Bernardino Sun. “Forty-nine percent of people voted against ‘fairness!’”
Burum hypothesized that the wording threw some of the voters off and that there might have been confusion about what “fair share” was referring to.
“Republicans thought it was a woke term. The woke thought it was a wealthy developer doing it. Everyone had their reasons for voting against it,” Burum said.
According to the Constitution, any secession must be first approved by the state legislature and Congress, the Senate and finally the president.
“New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress,” the Constitution says.
Since 1787 four states have been created by splitting an existing state: Kentucky, Maine, West Virginia, and Vermont.
San Bernardino County has a population of 2.1 million people, which is higher than 14 other states in America, however the requirement of getting approval to secede from California’s state legislature is an almost insurmountable obstacle.
Paul Preston, founder of New California State, a group aiming to free themselves “from the tyranny and lawlessness of California,” told local media that San Bernardino isn’t alone.
“The public does want to separate from Sacramento,” Preston said. “There’s no question about that — that’s statewide.
“I’m pretty sure that a majority of counties in California are unhappy with how they’re being governed,” he said. “I think Sacramento’s going to have a wakeup call.”
They aren’t the only county considering seceding. In Illinois, 23 counties have passed “separation referendums” and Morrow County in Oregon approved a ballot measure to discuss shifting into Idaho.
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