PRINEVILLE, OR -- Crook County could be the next county to officially consider joining Idaho.

“So far, we've gone to voters in 12 counties and we've asked them, do you want your elected leaders to pursue moving your county into the state governance of Idaho? So, Crook County will be our 13th county,” Matt McCaw, Executive Director of the Greater Idaho Movement, tells KBND News voters have a decision to make this May, “What the measure asks is, do you want the Crook County elected leaders to let the state leaders know that Crook County wants to pursue becoming part of the state of Idaho.”

He says the grass-roots effort relies mostly on word of mouth and social media shares rather than a full-blown advertising campaign, “We've been encouraging the Crook County commissioners for the last three years to put an advisory question on the ballot so that the people of Crook County can weigh in on Greater Idaho. And on this idea, if it makes more sense for eastern Oregon to get their state governance from Idaho.”

The measure asks whether the County Court should tell state and federal officials to support continued negotiations on the location of Oregon’s border.

Jefferson County voters approved a similar question in 2020, requiring two meetings a year on the issue.

The next is in Madras on Wednesday.