How Would You Like To Find Out You Now Live In A Different State?
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"South Carolina and North Carolina have redrawn the border between the two states with GPS technology that allows them to confirm the boundary lines established under an English king in the 18th century down to the centimeter. But that means the lines drawn decades ago through less exact surveying measures are several hundred feet off. Nineteen homes are changing states. Three currently in North Carolina will end up in South Carolina, while Martin and 15 others are going to change residency to North Carolina."
Think about all of the address changes you will have to make, the new drivers license and registration you'll have to take care of, perhaps a change in who provides your electricity, where your kids will go to school, voting, the changes to your property tax, health insurance you may no longer have because it's not available in the new state, etc..
That is bizarre. I would have thought there would be a much easier way to maintain the status quo via an agreement ratified by each State legislature which would recognize the traditional boundaries of each property. Surely many properties are now split into two different States which is going to complicate future transfers and reduce their values.
I think that the states involved should pay all of the expenses for these 19 households, related to this boundary change. If they choose to stay in their homes, the states should pay for them to change their addresses, auto registrations, etc. And if they can't bear to leave the state they thought they were living in, the states should pay their expenses to move.
It seems like minor differences to borders created hundreds of years ago would be a non-issue at this point.
I can't believe that they need an act of Congress for this this.
States are admitted by Congress with very specific descriptions of what constitutes each state. To allow states themselves to decide to change their borders without Congressional oversight would invite chaos. Thus, it has always been held that Article IV of the Constitution requires Congressional approval for all border changes.
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Originally Posted by Dude111
uugghh.....I can believe ANYTHING these days!!
By 'these days' you apparently mean 'for the last 227 years' - which is how long it has been since the Constitution, including Article IV, was ratified and came into force.
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