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Oregonians File Petition to Break Free from America

Jennifer Rollins and Christian Trejbal filed a petition for a 2018 ballot initiative aimed toward Oregon seceding and being able to “peacefully leave America.” So reports Time.

The duo, disappointed in the election of Donald Trump, need 1,000 signatures before the measure would get state ballot consideration, and experts say the effort is a longshot regardless of whether or not they hit their goal. One expert said the President does not have the power to let a state secede and that would ultimately require a Constitutional amendment, a heavy lift for any measure.

“Oregon’s ballot initiative process allows people only to propose laws or amendments to its own state Constitution,” according to the article. 

Read the full article from Time.

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