NBCNEWS.COM - An online petition that calls for the State of Texas to withdraw from
the U.S. and create its own government on Monday reached the required
signature threshold to receive an official response from The White
House.
The petition on
WhiteHouse.gov asks the Obama administration to "peacefully grant the
State of Texas to withdraw from the United States of America and create
its own new government." The petition had surpassed 34,000 signatures as
of Monday evening. It was created by a person self-identified only as
"Micah H." from Arlington, Texas.
The petition cites the nation's economic woes as an issue and says that the condition of Texas' budget and economy make it "practically feasible for Texas to withdraw from the union."
Online petitions on WhiteHouse.gov that
get sufficient support are reviewed by White House staff and "sent to
the appropriate policy experts." To be searchable on WhiteHouse.gov in
the first place, petitions currently need to get 150 signatures within 30 days. To get an official response, petitions need 25,000 signatures within 30 days.
Similar petitions from other states have also been filed including:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New
Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina and Tennessee. However, unlike the petition from Texas,
none of these states had reached the 25,000-signature threshold to get
an official White House response as of Monday evening.
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