Minnesota State Rep. Proposes Some Counties Secede and Become Part of South Dakota
Under legislation recently introduced by one Minnesota Republican, some of the state's counties could choose to secede and become a part of South Dakota or other neighboring states.
Representative Jeremy Munson introduced a bill on March 25 that would create a constitutional amendment to allow counties to vote on whether to break away from Minnesota and join a nearby state: either South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa or Wisconsin.
Munson has created a petition on his campaign website to rally support for the bill, titled HF2423. As of Monday morning, the petition had garnered 6,475 signatures with the goal of gathering 10,000 names.
"Minnesota becomes more politically polarized every year and the metro politicians have shown us that rural Minnesotans are no longer represented by St Paul," the website page reads.
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by David Montgomery, Minnesota Public Radio
Bill sponsor Rep. Jeremy Munson said he wanted to give western Minnesota a shot to leave the North Star state and join a new, larger South Dakota. In a tweet, Munson linked to his fundraising site and tagged South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem.
Munson, R-Lake Crystal, could have urged a union with North Dakota. But South Dakota's greater prominence over the past year as a state that has resisted lockdowns, masks and other anti-COVID-19 measures may have been the draw.
Clearly, this is a publicity stunt that isn't going anywhere. But we're all politics nerds here, myself especially. So rather than washing dishes Thursday night, I spent a few hours crunching the numbers on what it would mean if Munson's stunt actually came true.
Economically and demographically, it’s not the marriage made in heaven that people might think.
More: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/03/26/anaylsis-no-western-minnesota-wont-leave-for-south-dakota-heres-why
