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Originally Posted by HHP
What would you call counties separating from their duly constituted state to form a separate state?
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An entirely different legal matter than seceding from the Union. It was voted on and ratified by the state of Virginia after their own secession from the Union. Given the latter, all kinds of questions come up, but it's a wholly separate matter from unilateral secession from the United States.
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Originally Posted by HHP
That's the current term. Been some movement in Northern California to secede and form a new state, think they called it Jefferson. Kansas had a little mini-secession movement a few years ago where some counties wanted to switch state allegiance if I recall correctly.
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There have been hundreds of such proposals. They simply need to get enough votes, but never come close. But it's clearly legal, at least per the California constitution. Some lack of clarity on what the US would need to do to admit the new state.