Screen Shot 2013-11-05 at 10.02.18 AM  Colorado voters take to
polls in secession vote  Nov 5, 2013  Today, the voters of 11
Colorado counties will vote on whether or not they should secede
from the rest of the state, creating “North Colorado,” the 51st
state in the union. No matter how this vote goes, it’s safe to
say that North Colorado will not become a state anytime soon.
Voters don’t have the power to break states up or to create new
ones. Article Four of the United States Constitution makes
perfectly clear that only Congress has the power to create new
states, and given that Congress is about as efficient as a Rube
Goldberg machine, there’s no need to replace your 50-state
flags.  So, while the people of these Northern Colorado counties
(hopefully) understand that this vote is entirely non-binding
and largely symbolic, why are they doing this, anyway? In all
likelihood, the end goal of the organizers is less an attempt to
create a new state, and more an attempt for rural Republicans to
re-take control