The Greater Idaho ballot measure avoided a recount in Wallowa County because the election results were not close enough, the Wallowa County Clerk said.
The Crook County Court voted Wednesday morning to place a non-binding question about the Greater Idaho proposal on its May 2024 ballot. The question is: Should Crook County represent that its citizens support efforts to move the Idaho state border to include Crook County?
The ballot summary states, "The Crook County Court has placed this advisory question on the ballot to determine voter attitudes of whether your Crook County elected officials should inform state and federal officials that the people of Crook County support continued negotiations regarding a potential relocation of the Oregon-Idaho border to include Crook County."
The question is similar to others approved by Wheeler County and Sherman County voters.
Crook County will be the 13th county to vote on the proposal that is included in the proposal. Umatilla and Gilliam counties are the only counties included in the proposal that have not yet put the issue to their voters.
The author of the Greater Idaho Movement, Mike McCarter, wrote that moving the state line would benefit income taxes of both states, "Portland metro incomes are so high that any middle-income county that departs the Oregon state budget increases the average income of both Oregon and Idaho."
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