Illinois residents wanting to separate their communities from Chicago and Cook County is nothing new in the political world, but three counties took things one step further during the midterm elections, passing non-binding resolutions indicating that they want their elected officials to potentially explore seceding from the state.
, 74.74% of the vote went to the “yes” column, with 213 of 285 ballots cast in favor of meeting with other county boards.The three counties join a group of 23 others that have passed so-called “separation referendums” in recent elections. According to Illinois Newsroom, those 23 counties passed the non-binding resolutions during the 2020 election, with similar language to the referendums presented to voters in Brown, Hardin and Madison counties.
The measures are non-binding, but sends a message to leaders to potentially engage in discussions with other counties to discuss the possibility of attempting to form a new state. The question of whether or not a county can secede from a state in the first place is in dispute. While advocates for secession in Illinois cite Maine’s separation from Massachusetts, which occurred in 1819 because of disagreements over land speculation and other factors, most legal experts dispute the idea that a county can secede from a state., argues that because of a variety of precedents, including the 1907 Hunter v.
Still, some argue that a county can secede if a state allows them to, but it would seemingly be unlikely that Illinois would allow counties to leave.
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