Is there anything preventing me from moving a hatchback switch to somewhere up front in the interior cabin?

I have a 2006 Scion tC. The only option for opening the hatchback is the electric lock switch on the outside of the hatch itself. If you're familiar with this model you know that this switch is housed in a cheap piece of plastic and that the plastic breaks easily. Mine broke, so I took removed the remaining pieces from the body, and removed the switch that is housed in this plastic part. The thing is, its just a basic switch, one red wire, one black wire. What I'd like to do is just splice in about 4 feet of wire, snake it thru the cabin, then put it somewhere convenient, like in the center console storage area. All aesthetics aside, and forgetting about any interior plastic work, from an electrical standpoint, is this a plausible scenario? Or is there some sort of special function of this switch that I am not aware of, some sort of resistance, or some sort of issue with a weakening electric current adding that much wire?