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The narrow defeat of a law that would have raised the environmental standards for oil and gas production was not surprising. Talk of secession was discussed in the Eastern Plains during the discussions about these laws. A State House leader stated that the House would try to pass the new oil environmental standards legislation again at a meeting in June of state county commissioners.
The secession debate reached a new level when Weld County Commissioners Mike Freeman and Sean Conway led the discussion. A hearing was scheduled to discuss whether counties will place secession questions.
Eleven counties surveyed voters to find out if they supported Colorado secession. The counties in the orange vote for secession, while the blue vote against it
Other than Weld County there were several counties that were interested or invited to participate in this proposal. These included Morgan, Logan, and Sedgwick as well as Phillips, Washington, and Yuma. Parts of Nebraska are also interested in becoming a part of the state.
The split could involve all of Colorado’s Eastern Plain county, though Larimer County Commissioners stated that they would likely not approve. A meeting was held in Akron (Colorado) on July 8th to establish the state’s boundaries.
According to the news media, some residents of Lincoln and Cheyenne want to be part of creating the state. The organizers also reported that two other Kansas and Colorado counties are interested in joining the formation of the state. If separating is impossible, the county commissioners discussed an alternate plan.
The alternative was to amend the Colorado Constitution so that one senator is elected for each county. However, in Reynolds v. Sims (1964), the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated this representation per county as it violated the one man-one vote principle.
Cheyenne County, which is not in the originally proposed area of the measure was the first to submit it to voters. The measure was approved by voters in Cheyenne and Kit Carson counties, Phillips, Washington, Yuma, and Washington.