CONCORD — New Hampshire could be its own sovereign nation under a Constitutional Amendment proposed by state Rep. Mike Sylvia (R-Belmont) and now making its way through the halls of Concord, and if successful, to the ballot box.
Sylvia offered the measure Thursday for the state to peacefully secede from the United States.
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