3 responses to “Some History of Separatist Referenda”

1. 

   Dave Schuler

   March 16, 2014 at 2:21 pm

   I wonder how the referendum on Venice seceding from Italy is going.
2. 

   Ron Beasley

   March 16, 2014 at 3:06 pm

   I think Oregon and Washington might like to become part of Canada.
3. 

   grumpy realist

   March 17, 2014 at 5:01 pm

   @Dave Schuler: They sort of had that during the Itsy-Bitsy States period. Venice absolutely refused to allow Roman law to be used in its courts (as other Italian city-states did when the local statutes didn’t provide enough guidance) because they didn’t want ANYONE claiming Venice as having been at any time part of the Roman Empire.