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
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      9 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
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        9 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
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          9 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.