Is it possible for a state to divide itself into 2 states?
338650
Yes. The State has to agree to the split and then it gets approved by Congress.\n\n"New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new States shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress." - US Constitution, Article IV, Section 3
296214
In 48 states out of 50 there is a policy of winner takes all. This the key reason that more than two party system is not possible.
501893
forget the state representatives, contact the congressmen to have it established in federal law. I always thought it was already, but perhaps the states I lived in growing up did the right thing.
876022
Each of the 50 states can send 2 Senators to congress.  This allows each state equal say in the political process\n\nEach state sends a number of Representatives to the House, the other half of Congress, to represent them.  The thing is, Representatives in the House correlate with the population of each state, so a more populous state has more Representatives than a less populous state.\n\nIt all arose from debate about whether the states should have equal say in the political process or whether it should depend on population.  Our congress is a compromise, the Senate was developed so each state has an equal say, the House for those who thought population should determine how much say each state has, dependent upon population.\n\nNeither has ministries, they simply retain the legislative power, with set rules governing how each half of Congress interacts with each other in making laws.  Each half retains specific powers, and often they share powers as well.  Congress, the House and Senate combined, is simply one of 3 branches of government.  \n\nIf you have any more questions my email is open, so simply ask, and I'll be happy to let you know!
762752
This is different in each state.
518012
Last time I checked there was more than one 'State' in our lovely country.\n\nGet it right.
644031
The state would have to be admitted to the union by act of congress. The requirements are set by Article 4 of the Constitution: "New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new States shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress."
413059
Depends on the state.
306847
Some of your states might ask for independance, somewhat like the state of Quebec.
968013
Otherwise it would be called a seperate country, soon or later.
920584
The States should definitely have more say in their own affairs. For the most part, they do, but the Feds always threaten to cut funding to the States that don't pass certain legislation. One recent example being the speed limit in Montana. Until this year, there was no speed limit in that State, but they caved in to the Feds to hold on to funding.\n\nThe Federal government should only exist to protect its citizens, act as our representative to the rest of the world, and help maintain national infrastructure. Everything else should be left to each State to provide.
608816
Trick question.  Virginia split into Virginia and WEST Virginia at the time, when Virginia joined the confederacy, and West Virginia remained in the Union.
1143928
Here's a nice little letter as to what would happen if the blue and red states split:\n\nDear Red States,\n\nWe’ve decided we’re leaving. We intend to form our own country, and we’re taking the other Blue States with us. In case you aren’t aware, that includes Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and all the Northeast. We believe this split will be beneficial to the nation, and especially to the people of the new country of New California.\n\nTo sum up briefly:\n\nYou get Texas, Oklahoma and all the slave states. We get stem cell research and the best beaches.\n\nWe get Elliot Spitzer. You get Ken Lay.\n\nWe get the Statue of Liberty. You get Dollywood.\n\nWe get Intel and Microsoft. You get WorldCom.\n\nWe get Harvard. You get Ole’ Miss.\n\nWe get 85 percent of America’s venture capital and entrepreneurs. You get Alabama.\n\nWe get two-thirds of the tax revenue, you get to make the red states pay their fair share.\n\nSince our aggregate divorce rate is 22 percent lower than the Christian Coalition’s, we get a bunch of happy families. You get a bunch of single moms.\n\nPlease be aware that Nuevo California will be pro-choice and anti-war, and we’re going to want all our citizens back from Iraq at once. If you need people to fight, ask your evangelicals. They have kids they’re apparently willing to send to their deaths for no purpose, and they don’t care if you don’t show pictures of their children’s caskets coming home. We do wish you success in Iraq, and hope that the WMDs turn up, but we’re not willing to spend our resources in Bush’s quagmire.\n\nWith the Blue States in hand, we will have firm control of 80 percent of the country’s fresh water, more than 90 percent of the pineapple and lettuce, 92 percent of the nation’s fresh fruit, 95 percent of America’s quality wines (you can serve French wines at state dinners), 90 percent of all cheese, 90 percent of the high tech industry, most of the U.S. low-sulfur coal, all living redwoods, sequoias and condors, all the Ivy league schools, Seven Sister schools, plus Stanford, Cal Tech and MIT.\n\nWith the Red States, on the other hand, you will have to cope with 88 percent of all obese Americans (and their projected health care costs), 92 percent of all U.S. mosquitoes, nearly 100 percent of the tornadoes, 90 percent of the hurricanes, 99 percent of all Southern Baptists, virtually 100 percent of all tele-evangelists, Rush Limbaugh, Bob Jones University, Clemson and the University of Georgia and the vast majority of illiterate Americans also known as Arkansas.\n\nWe get Hollywood and Yosemite, thank you.\n\nAdditionally, 38 percent of those in the Red states believe Jonah was actually swallowed by a whale, 62 percent believe life is sacred unless we’re discussing the death penalty or gun laws, 44 percent say that evolution is only a theory, 53 percent that Saddam was involved in 9/11 and 61 percent of you crazy b*****ds believe you are people with higher morals than we lefties.\n\nPeace out,\nBlue States
836410
It may be possible, though the circumstances required are somewhat difficult to create. For instance in Australia there is a country within it called the Hutt River Province run by Prince Leonard and the history of how and why he created this state within Australia can be found here (http://www.huttriver.net/HRHistory.htm).\n\nAs said unusual circumstances allowed this, within the UK without any unusual circumstance it would be hard but micronations (small newly formed nations, some without geographical location, not usually recognised by the UN) are formed and run even within the UK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micronation) though mostly within UK law though there are examples of some outside the law, Sealand for instance (http://www.answers.com/topic/sealand).\n\nBest thing to do is first understand the law with regards to it, then a good search of old documents, land registers and of old title documents to find places, entitlements etc which may lead to what you want. There are even jobs offered for local Kings within the UK (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/05/island_monarch/)
429467
In 1883 the governer (Nehemiah Ordway) of the Dakota Territory moved the capitol out of Yankton to Bismark, which made the people of the southern part of the state unhappy. They asked Congress to make southern Dakota its own state.\n\nIn 1889 Dakota Territory was split into North Dakota and South Dakota.\n\nPart of the motive for a second state though was to add more Republican Senators to congress in order to gain the upper hand. \n\nGrover Cleveland as one of his last acts in office granted statehood to both North and South Dakota (who had already more than fulfilled the requirements) but then also granted statehood to Montana and Washington in an effort to keep the scales balanced and send four democratic senators along with the dakota's four republican ones.
1140892
No, you will not see a state secede.  I also believe you'll never see the US go beyond 50 states.  We've actually now been under the same flag in terms of stars longer than in any other time in our history (47 years).
1180966
I can't imagine that any state legislature would create that type of law, but then again, their are some pretty strange laws out there.  I would guess that the answer is no.