Voters in seven rural Illinois counties will decide this November whether to join a growing push to break away from Cook County and form an entirely new state, a long-shot bid that nonetheless reflects deep frustration with one-party rule in Springfield.
Coles, Gallatin, Hamilton, Henderson, Macoupin, Monroe, and Saline counties have each placed new-state referendum measures on their November ballots, The Center Square reported. If those measures pass, they would join 33 other Illinois counties that have already approved similar referendums calling for separation from Cook County and the creation of a new state.
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