Seven counties voted in favor of secession, and in six of those counties, more than 70% of voters were in favor of the measure.
  • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
    16·
    6 days ago

    The federal funding is provided to the state of Illinois, so the counties need the state treasury to provide federal funding to them.

    • pwnicholson@lemmy.world
      10·
      6 days ago

      If they were granted secession by the federal Congress they would be a state and get federal funding. That’s the only way they’d leave.

      • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
        3·
        6 days ago

        Yes but that circumstance could happen regardless of actions taken by the state of Illinois so it doesn’t have any impact on the plans I laid out.