Obama White House to Respond to Florida Secession Petition

A citizens' petition begging the White House to allow Florida to secede peacefully from the United States has reached the required threshold which should trigger an official response from the Obama administration. The Daily Caller reports:

"Less than a week after a New Orleans suburbanite petitioned the White House to allow Louisiana to secede from the United States, petitions from seven states have collected enough signatures to trigger a promised review from the Obama administration.

"By 6:00 a.m. EST Wednesday, more than 675,000 digital signatures appeared on 69 separate secession petitions covering all 50 states, according to a Daily Caller analysis of requests lodged with the White Houses 'We the People' online petition system.

"A petition from Vermont, where talk of secession is a regular feature of political life, was the final entry.

"Petitions from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas residents have accrued at least 25,000 signatures, the number the Obama administration says it will reward with a staff review of online proposals."

{Source: "White House 'Secede' Petitions Reach 675,000 Signatures, 50-State Participation"}

Florida's petition currently has almost 29,000 signatures.