Minnesota State Rep. Proposes Some Counties Secede and Become Part of South Dakota [View all]

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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