POLL: Petition Asks if New Jersey Should Secede
A petition on whitehouse.gov asks that New Jersey be given permission to secede from the United States. How does the United Counties of New Jersey sound for a new name?
It seems as though some people think New Jersey is doing great, so great in fact that they believe it should secede from the United States and form its own country. A petition created by the We the People tool at petitions.Whitehouse.gov asks the Obama Administration to: “Peacefully grant the State of New Jersey to withdraw from the United States of America and create its own NEW government.” The petition was created on Saturday, Nov. 10, by “joe r” of Sewell. As of Wednesday, Nov. 14, the petition had about 12,000 signatures. The petition needs 25,000 signatures by Dec. 10 in order to get a response from the White House, according to the website. New Jersey is just one of 30 states with petitions asking for permission to secede. Other …
Coridan Miller
12:01 pm on Monday, November 19, 2012
The audacity of people to think they have the right of self determination and to ask the federal government to not trample that right with tanks. more ›