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Last week, we told you about a group's effort to gather signatures on a petition asking President Obama to allow New Hampshire to consider seceding from the union. Free State Project supporter Menno Troyer posted a call to “mobilize New Hampshire” on Facebook on Nov. 11 asking others to sign an online petition to join the more than 20 other states considering secession. The post quickly spread around the site with a number of liberty Republicans and other activists signing onto the movement. Before you decide, consider reading this HuffPo story we found, "The Cost of Seceding from the United States," which details the "really good/really bad news" on both sides of the decision. So what do you think? Is this an idea that's a non-starter and…

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The Week in Review

Secession, Voting Stories Popular

Concord NH Patch exclusives also make for a hot traffic week.

It was another busy week at Concord NH Patch with exclusive content, breaking news, and all kinds of other great stuff to read online. This week, readers were drawn to a number of stories including arrest information, a missing person report, and a story about the sale of a vacant historic school building. And, for the first time ever, two of the most popular posts for the week were offerings by bloggers (Thanks Dick and Paul). If you’ve got something to say or are interested in blogging for the site, do touch base with me and we’ll get your started. It’s simple and easy. Here are the top stories and posts for the week (Nov. 10, to Nov. 16), not including polls: The top story of the week was an overview of write-in votes cast by Concord …

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Secession Movement Comes to NH

Granite Staters start petition drive to request President Obama for peaceful right to leave the union.

Across the country, in more than 20 states, signatures are being gathered requesting President Barack Obama to allow states to consider seceding from the union, according to press reports over the weekend. The states, ranging from blue states like New York and New Jersey, to some of the reddest of the red, in North Dakota and Texas, must collect 25,000 signatures within 30 days to receive an official response from the White House. Texas already has more than 25,000, according to reports.  On Nov. 11, the movement officially came to New Hampshire. Free State Project supporter Menno Troyer posted a call to “mobilize New Hampshire” on Facebook last night requesting others sign an online petition to join the other states. The post quickly …

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Stephen D. Clark

10:20 am on Sunday, November 25, 2012

As a New Hampshire resident, I didn't instruct my state representative to bring a bill for secession to the floor of the statehouse. No petition originating anywhere else is legitimate. Any petition for secession not originating from state government in Concord has less weight than a photon. Moreover, the president has no authority to respond to such petitions with anything more significant than …   more ›