While others are supporters of the again newly elected president, he has many who were disappointed at his election victory. Commencing as a handful of citizens has now turned into hundreds of thousands of citizens calling for their states be granted independence from the federal government.
The White House is now obliged to address the secession petitions from all 50 states by citizens requesting that the administration “peacefully grant” them the opportunity to form their own sovereign government.
Obama administration’s "We The People" initiative was created to allow Americans to voice their opinions on pressing issues. It was initiated in 2011 as an effort to give citizens a chance to have their voices heard by the administration.
To be visible on the website, a petition must receive more than 150 signatures. For the petition to be granted a response from the White House, a minimum of 25,000 signatures is needed.
At present six secession petitions have satisfied that criteria – from Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia and Texas. The petition from Texas has more than 100,000 signatures, although according to another petition, it seems that 5,000 people in Austin would like to be granted independence from the state of Texas while still being part of the United States.
From among the 146 petitions listed on the White House Petitions website right now, 66 are requests for secession.
One petition with approximately 10,000 signatures calls on the president to "please sign an executive order such that each American citizen who signed a petition from any state to secede from the USA shall have their citizenship stripped and be peacefully deported."
Some petitioners do not want their share of the national debt.
Residents of states wanting to form their own governments should "take their own advice about 'personal responsibility,' and pay their share of the national debt before being released to fend for themselves," the petition says.
Nevertheless, secession is not the only pressing issue which the White House will need to address.
A petition created on Nov. 11 wants attention focused on considering the impeachment of the president, while another is a call to "restore objectivity and fairness to our media".
A surplus of 8,000 people have signed a petition to make election day a federal holiday, which could increase voter turnout “by eliminating the pressures and constraints of the workday.”
A humurous petition requests that "in this time of despair" President Obama should "do the Hokey Pokey on national television during a special Presidential Address to the nation." That comment has been taken down from the site by Wednesday evening.
“If a petition gets enough support,” the website says, “White House staff will review it, ensure it’s sent to the appropriate policy experts, and issue an official response.”
Micah H. (no last name provided) of Arlington, Texas filed a petition that had nearly 60,000 signatures as of Tuesday morning. It reads:
The US continues to suffer economic difficulties stemming from the federal government's neglect to reform domestic and foreign spending. The citizens of the US suffer from blatant abuses of their rights such as the NDAA, the TSA, etc. Given that the state of Texas maintains a balanced budget and is the 15th largest economy in the world, it is practically feasible for Texas to withdraw from the union, and to do so would protect it's citizens' standard of living and re-secure their rights and liberties in accordance with the original ideas and beliefs of our founding fathers which are no longer being reflected by the federal government.
Here's a list of states where residents have filed secession petitions in recent days:Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida,Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota,Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nevada, Nort
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