----- Original Message -----
From: "Darryl Shannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 10:12 AM
Subject: Electoral Reform
> Alberto:
>
> I believe that the constitution prohibits states from splitting up
> without the consent of the rest of the states. This was to keep big
> states from splitting into two and doubling their number of senators.
>
> During the Civil War, the pro-Union counties of Virginia split from the
> pro-confederacy others to become West Virginia, this was allowed
> because it created another pro-Union state.
>
> The only exception is Texas, I believe that they were granted the right
> to split into two or three states when they were annexed. But this has
> already happened, Oklahoma was part of the Republic of Texas.
>
> No other states have been split after their creation.
>
>
Wrong........Texas can break into as many as 5 states or it can secede.
Oklahoma was never part of Texas, we never never wanted OK.
xponent
rob
