User:Cullen328/sandbox/El Dorado County

El Dorado County has a secessionionist movement, calling for the county of less than 200,000 residents to become a new state of the union. Wyoming, the least populous current state, has approximately three times the number of residents. Sharon Durst, one of the leaders of the movement, was previously a supporter of the State of Jefferson movement, that advocates for Northern California counties and Southern Orgon counties to form a new state. El Dorado County's seat, Placerville, California, is located 45 miles from Sacramento, the state's capital. The leadership of the movement acknowledges that it is unlikely that the California legislature would approve their separation from the state. They promote an unproven theory that the county is "is technically not a legitimate piece of California and is instead 'other property' of Congress".