7 Illinois counties vote in favor of exploring secession from Chicago
ILLINOIS (WTVO) — The citizens of seven Illinois counties have voted to consider splitting from the state’s most populous county, Cook County, which is home to Chicago.
Each of the seven counties – Iroquois, Calhoun, Clinton, Green, Jersey, Madison and Perry – had a ballot question that read:
“Shall the board of (the county) correspond with the boards of other counties of Illinois, outside of Cook County, about the possibility of separating from Cook County to form a new state and to seek admission to the Union as such, subject to the approval of the people?”
The ballot question passed in all seven of the Illinois counties, according to local election results reviewed by NBC Chicago.
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