Is it time to add more states to the union?

 STATE BOUNDARIES CAN BE DECIDED BY THE STATES

DIVIDING EXISTING STATES SHOULD BE A STATES RIGHTS ISSUE

We have been hearing for years that the democrats want to make Washington D.C. into a state.  Washington D.C. was organized by the federal government and it is likely that any attempt to make it a state would be struck down by the courts. A reconfiguration by the states within their own borders would be a function of the states.  As long the new divided state would have sufficient population and land mass they would qualify to be state. 

There have been initiatives in California to split the state in from 3 to 5 new entities. They would have the population and the land mass. We could have Northern California, Central California and Southern California, this would add 4 more senators but the representatives would likely be the same number.

We hear that the eastern counties of Oregon want to become part of Idaho, but why not make it Eastern Oregon as this could be decided by the residents of that state. Maybe they would happily agree to a divorce.

What about Western New York and Eastern New York, or Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Pennsylvania. While I live in eastern Pennsylvania, I could be persuaded to a move. I suspect many residents of Philadelphia and other eastern cities would welcome ridding themselves of those who want to restrain their desires.

Virginia could be Central Virginia and Eastern Virginia.

The possibilities are endless and it could be decided by a referendum in each state with the proposed boundaries. It would be best that it would need a 60% majority vote and some time to implement the changes.

The advantages would be that it might relieve much of the division and allow these states to become what they desire to be without the animosity and endless political war.

While some would like to secede and become their own entity, that would become much more complicated. Obviously it would still have great division within their state, but a division of the state would allow an option that would only allow a short move if you no longer like the government in your state.

I would wager that if proposed there would be many supporters on both sides of the political divide.