The list of Oregon ballot measures lists all statewide ballot measures to the present.

In Oregon, the initiative and referendum process dates back to 1902, when the efforts of the Direct Legislation League prompted amending the Oregon Constitution for the first time since 1859. The process of initiative and referendum became nationally known as the Oregon System.[1][2]

Types

There are three types of ballot measures: initiatives, referendums, and referrals. Initiatives and referendums may be placed on the ballot if their supporters gather enough signatures from Oregon voters; the number of signatures is a percentage based on the number of voters casting ballots in the most recent election for the Governor of Oregon.

Initiative
Any issue may be placed before the voters, either amending the Constitution or revising or adding to the Oregon Revised Statutes. Constitutional initiatives require the signature of eight percent of recent voters to qualify for the ballot; statutory reforms require six percent.
Referendum
The public may act to undo any bill passed by the Oregon Legislative Assembly, by putting a referendum on the ballot. A referendum requires four percent of recent voters to qualify for the ballot.
Legislative referral
The Legislative Assembly may refer any bill it passes to the public for approval, and they must do so for any amendment to the Constitution. Additionally, the Legislative Assembly may refer revisions to the Constitution; a revision differs from an amendment in that it may alter multiple existing provisions of the Constitution.

The constitutional foundation for ballot measures (and legislation produced by the Oregon Legislative Assembly) may be found in Article IV of the Oregon Constitution,[3] and Chapter 250 of the Oregon Revised Statutes[4] relates to initiative and referendum as well.

The Oregon Blue Book, produced by the Oregon government, maintains a list similar to this one.[5]

1900s

1902

1902 General Election[6]
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1Yes62,0245,66891.63%YesLegLimits Uses Initiative and Referendum

1904

1904 General Election[6]
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1Yes45,33414,03176.36%YesLegOffice of State Printer
2Yes56,20516,35477.46%NoInitDirect Primary Nominating Convention Law
3Yes43,31640,19851.87%NoInitLocal Option Liquor law

1906

1906 General Election[6]
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No
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Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1Yes43,91826,75862.14%NoRefShall act appropriating money maintaining Insane Asylum, Penitentiary, Deaf-Mute, Blind School, university, Agricultural College, and Normal Schools be approved
2No36,90247,07543.94%YesInitEqual Suffrage Constitutional Amendment
3No35,29745,14443.88%NoInitAmendment to local option law giving anti-prohibitionists and prohibitionists equal privileges
4No31,52544,52741.45%NoInitLaw to abolish tolls on the Mount Hood and Barlow Road and providing for its ownership by the State
5Yes47,66118,75171.77%YesInitConstitutional amendment providing method of amending constitution and applying the referendum to all laws affecting constitutional conventions and amendments
6Yes52,56719,85272.59%YesInitConstitutional amendment giving cities and towns exclusive power to enact and amend their charters
7Yes63,7499,57186.95%YesInitConstitutional amendment to allow the state printing, binding, and Printers' compensation to be regulated by law at any time
8Yes47,67816,73574.02%YesInitConstitutional amendment for the initiative and referendum on local, special, and municipal laws and parts of laws
9Yes57,28116,77977.34%NoInitBill for a law prohibiting free passes and discrimination by railroad companies and other public service corporations
10Yes69,6356,44191.53%NoInitAn act requiring sleeping car companies, refrigerator car companies, and oil companies to pay an annual license upon gross earnings
11Yes70,8726,36091.77%NoInitAn act requiring express companies, telegraph companies, and telephone companies to pay an annual license upon gross earnings

1908

1908 General Election[8][9]
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votes
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Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1No19,69168,89222.23%YesLegTo Increase Compensation of Legislators from $120 to $400 Per Session
2Yes41,97540,86850.67%YesLegPermitting Location of State Institutions at Places Other than the State Capitol
3No30,24350,59137.41%YesLegReorganization System of Courts and Increasing the Number of Supreme Judges from Three to Five
4Yes65,72818,59077.95%YesLegChanging Date of General Elections from June to November
5Yes60,44330,03366.81%NoRefGiving Sheriffs Control of County Prisoners
6No28,85659,40632.69%NoRefRequiring Railroads to Give Public Officials Free Passes
7No33,50754,84837.92%NoRefAppropriating $100,000 for Building Armories
8Yes44,11540,53552.11%NoRefIncreasing Annual Appropriation for University of Oregon from $47,500 to $125,000
9No36,85858,67038.58%YesInitEqual Suffrage
10Yes46,58240,72053.36%NoInitFishery Law Proposed by Fishwheel Operators
11No39,44252,34642.97%YesInitGiving Cities Control of Liquor Selling, Poolrooms, Theaters, etc., subject to local option law
12No32,06660,87134.50%YesInitModified Form of Single Tax Amendment
13Yes58,38131,00265.32%YesInitRecall Power on Public Officials
14Yes69,66821,16276.70%NoInitInstructing Legislature to Vote for People Choice for United States Senator (see also Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution)
15Yes48,86834,12858.88%YesInitAuthorizing Proportional Representation Law
16Yes54,04231,30163.32%NoInitCorrupt Practices Act Governing Elections
17Yes56,13030,28064.96%NoInitFishery Law Proposed by Gillnet Operators
18Yes52,21428,48764.70%YesInitRequiring Indictment to Be By Grand Jury
19Yes43,94826,77862.14%NoInitCreating Hood River County

1910s

1910 General Election[8]
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Yes
Const.
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type[7]description
1No35,27059,06537.39%YesInitPermitting female taxpayers to vote
2Yes50,13441,50454.71%NoLegEstablishing branch Insane Asylum in eastern Oregon
3No23,14359,97427.84%NoLegCalling Convention to revise State Constitution
4No24,00054,25230.67%YesLegProviding separate districts for election of each State Senator and Representative
5No37,61940,17248.36%YesLegRepealing Requirements That All Taxes Shall Be Equal and Uniform
6No32,88446,07041.65%YesLegPermitting Organized Districts to Vote Bonds for Construction of Railroads by Such Districts
7No31,62941,69243.14%YesLegAuthorizing Collection of State and County Taxes on Separate Classes of Property
8No13,16171,50315.54%NoRefRequiring Baker County to pay $1,000 a year to Circuit Judge in addition to his state salary
9No22,86660,95127.28%NoInitCreating Nesmith County from parts of Lane and Douglas
10Yes50,19140,04455.62%NoInitTo establish a state Normal school at Monmouth
11No17,42662,01621.94%NoInitCreating Otis County From Parts of Harney, Malheur and Grant
12No16,25069,00219.06%NoInitAnnexing Part of Clackamas County to Multmomah
13No14,50864,09018.46%NoInitCreating Williams County From Parts of Lane and Douglas
14Yes44,17142,12751.18%YesInitPermitting People of Each County to Regulate Taxation for County Purposes and Abolishing Poll Taxes
15Yes53,32150,77951.22%YesInitGiving Cities and Towns Exclusive Power to Regulate Liquor Traffic Within Their Limits
16Yes56,25833,94362.37%NoInitFor Protection of Laborers in Hazardous Employment, Fixing Employers' Liability, etc.
17No15,66462,71219.99%NoInitCreating Orchard County From Part of Umatilla
18No15,61361,70420.19%NoInitCreating Clark County From Part of Grant
19No40,89846,20146.96%NoInitTo Establish State Normal School at Weston
20No14,04768,22117.07%NoInitTo Annex Part of Washington County to Multnomah
21No38,47348,65544.16%NoInitTo Establish State Normal School at Ashland
22No43,54061,22141.56%YesInitProhibiting Liquor Traffic
23No42,65163,56440.16%NoInitProhibiting the Sale of Liquors and Regulating Shipments of Same, and Providing for Search for Liquor
24No32,22451,71938.39%NoInitCreating Board to Draft Employers' Liability Law for Submission to Legislature
25Yes49,71233,39759.82%NoInitProhibiting Taking of Fish in Rogue River Except With Hook and Line
26No17,59260,48622.53%NoInitCreating Deschutes County Out of Part of Crook
27No37,12942,32746.73%NoInitBill for General Law Under Which New Counties May Be Created or Boundaries Changed
28Yes51,27532,90660.91%YesInitPermitting Counties to Vote Bonds for Permanent Road Improvement
29Yes43,35341,62451.02%NoInitPermitting Voters in Direct Primaries to Express Choice for President and Vice President, to Select Delegates to National Convention and Nominate Candidates for Presidential Electors
30No29,95552,53836.31%NoInitCreating Board of People's Inspectors of Government, Providing for Reports of Board in Official State Gazette to be Mailed to All Registered Voters Bi-monthly
31No37,03144,36645.49%YesInitExtending Initiative and Referendum, Making Term of Members of Legislature Six Years, Increasing Salaries, Requiring Proportional Representation in Legislature, Election of President of Senate and Speaker of House Outside of Members, etc.
32Yes44,53839,39953.06%YesInitPermitting Three-Fourths Verdict in Civil Cases

1912

1912 General Election[10]
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Const.
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type[7]description
1Yes61,26557,10451.76%YesInitEqual Suffrage Amendment
2No50,56261,64445.06%YesLegCreating Office of Lieutenant Governor
3No51,58256,67147.65%YesLegDivorce of Local and State Taxation
4No52,04554,48348.86%YesLegPermitting Different Tax Rates on Classes of Property
5Yes63,88147,15057.53%YesLegRepeal of County Tax Option
6No32,93470,32531.89%YesLegMajority Rule on Constitutional Amendments
7Yes82,98121,73879.24%YesLegDouble Liability on Bank Stockholders
8Yes65,98540,95661.70%NoRefStatewide Public Utilities Regulation
9No26,46371,23927.09%NoInitCreating Cascade County
10No48,70157,27945.95%NoInitMillage Tax for University and Agricultural College
11No35,72168,86134.16%YesInitMajority Rule on Initiated Laws
12No49,69956,71346.70%NoInitCounty Bond and Road Construction Act—Grange Bill
13No23,87283,84622.16%NoInitCreating State Highway Department—Grange Bill
14No34,79369,54233.35%NoInitChanging Date State Printer Bill Becomes Effective
15No16,91091,99515.53%NoInitCreating Office of Hotel Inspector
16Yes64,50848,07857.30%NoInitEight-hour Day on Public Works
17No48,76557,29345.98%NoInitBlue Sky law
18Yes73,80037,49266.31%NoInitRelating to Employment of State Prisoners
19Yes71,36737,73165.42%NoInitRelating to Employment of County and City Prisoners
20No30,89775,59029.01%NoInitState Road Bonding Act
21Yes59,45243,44757.78%YesInitLimiting State Road Indebtedness
22No43,61160,21042.01%NoInitCounty Bonding Act
23Yes57,25843,85856.63%YesInitLimiting County Road Indebtedness
24No40,19956,99241.36%NoInitProviding Method for Consolidating Cities and Creating New Counties
25No52,70252,94849.88%YesInitIncome Tax Amendment
26Yes60,35751,82653.80%NoInitTax Exemption on Household Effects
27No42,49166,54038.97%NoInitTax Exemption on Moneys and Credits
28No38,60963,83937.69%NoInitRevising Inheritance Tax Laws
29Yes58,30645,53456.15%NoInitFreight Rates Act
30No38,56863,48137.79%YesInitCounty Road Bonding Act
31No31,02071,18330.35%YesInitAbolishing Senate; Proxy Voting; U'Rren Constitution
32No31,53482,01527.77%YesInitStatewide Single Tax with Graduated Tax Provision
33No41,95164,57839.38%NoInitAbolishing Capital Punishment
34No49,82660,56045.14%NoInitProhibits Boycotts and Pickets
35No48,98762,53243.93%NoInitProhibits Use of Public Streets, Parks and Grounds in Cities over 5,000 Without Permit
36No29,43778,98527.15%NoRefAppropriation for University of Oregon
37No27,31079,37625.60%NoRefAppropriation for University of Oregon

1913

November 1913 Special Referendum Election[10]
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No
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Yes
Const.
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type[7]description
1Yes56,65940,60058.26%NoRefState University Building Repair Fund
2Yes53,56943,01455.46%NoRefUniversity of Oregon New Building Appropriation
3No41,76753,31943.93%NoRefSterilization Act
4Yes54,17938,15958.67%NoRefCounty Attorney Act
5Yes67,81428,60870.33%NoRefWorkmen's Compensation Act

1914

1914 General Election[10]
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votes
No
votes
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Yes
Const.
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type[7]description
1Yes164,87939,84780.54%YesLegRequiring Voters to be Citizens of the United States
2No52,040143,80426.57%YesLegCreating Office of Lieutenant Governor
3No77,392103,19442.86%YesLegPermitting Certain City and County Boundaries to be Made Identical, and Governments Consolidated
4No49,759135,55026.85%YesLegPermitting State to Create an Indebtedness Not to Exceed Two Percent of Assessed Valuation for Irrigation and Power Projects and Development of Untilled Lands
5No59,206116,49033.70%YesLegOmitting Requirement that "All Taxation Shall Be Equal And Uniform"
6No52,362122,70429.91%YesLegChanging Existing Rule of Uniformity and Equality of Taxation—Authorizing Classification of Property for Taxation Purposes
7No84,041109,64343.39%NoLegTo Establish State Normal School at Ashland
8Yes96,11677,67155.31%YesLegEnabling Incorporated Municipalities to Surrender Charters and To Be Merged in Adjoining City or Town
9No87,450105,34545.36%NoLegTo Establish State Normal School at Weston
10No41,087146,27821.93%YesLegProviding Compensation for Members of Legislature at Five Dollars Per Day
11No49,360167,88822.72%YesInitUniversal Constitutional Eight Hour Day Amendment
12No88,480120,29642.38%NoInitEight-hour Day and Room-Ventilation Law for Female Workers
13No74,323107,26340.93%NoInitNonpartisan Judiciary Bill Prohibiting Party Nominations for Judicial Officers
14No65,495136,19332.47%YesInit$1500 Tax Exemption Amendment
15No67,128114,56436.95%YesInitPublic Docks and Water Frontage Amendment
16No67,110111,11337.66%NoInitMunicipal Wharves and Docks Bill
17Yes136,842100,36257.69%YesInitProhibition Constitutional Amendment
18Yes100,552100,39550.04%YesInitAbolishing Death Penalty
19No59,186124,94332.14%YesInitSpecific Personal Graduated Extra-tax Amendment of Article IX, Oregon Constitution
20No55,469120,15431.58%NoInitConsolidating Corporation and Insurance Departments
21No92,722110,40445.65%NoInitDentistry Bill
22No82,841107,03943.63%YesInitCounty Officers Term Amendment
23No34,436143,46819.36%NoInitA Tax Code Commission Bill
24No32,701143,36618.57%NoInitAbolishing Desert Land Board and Reorganizing Certain State Offices
25No39,740137,11622.47%YesInitProportional Representation Amendment to Oregon Constitution
26No62,376123,42933.57%YesInitState Senate Constitutional Amendment
27No57,859126,20131.43%YesInitDepartment of Industry and Public Works Amendment
28No25,058153,63814.02%NoInitPrimary Delegate Election Bill
29No43,280140,50723.55%YesInitEqual Assessment and Taxation and $300 Exemption Amendment

1916

1916 General Election[11]
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passedYes
votes
No
votes
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Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1Yes141,77353,20772.71%YesLegSingle Item Veto Amendment
2Yes119,65265,41064.66%YesLegShip Tax Exemption Amendment
3No100,027100,70149.83%YesLegNegro and Mulatto Suffrage Amendment
4No43,390154,98021.87%YesInitFull Rental Value Land Tax and Homemakers' Loan Fund Amendment
5No96,829109,52346.92%YesInitFor Pendleton Normal School and Ratifying Location Certain State Institutions
6No99,745100,11949.91%NoInitAnti-compulsory Vaccination Bill
7Yes125,83693,07657.48%NoInitBill Repealing and Abolishing the Sunday Closing Law
8No85,973140,59937.95%YesInitPermitting Manufacture and Regulating Sale 4 Percent Malt Liquors
9Yes114,932109,67151.17%YesInitProhibition Amendment Forbidding Importation of Intoxicating Liquors for Beverage Purposes
10Yes107,48883,88756.17%YesInitRural Credits Amendment
11Yes99,53684,03154.22%YesInitStatewide Tax and Indebtedness Limitation Amendment

1917

June 1917 Special Election[11]
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num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1Yes67,44554,86455.14%YesLegAuthorizing Ports to Create Limited Indebtedness to Encourage Water Transportation
2No22,276103,23817.75%YesLegLimiting Number of Bills Introduced and Increasing Pay of Legislators
3No37,18772,44533.92%YesLegDeclaration Against Implied Repeal of Constitutional Provisions by Amendments Thereto
4Yes62,11853,24553.85%YesLegUniform Tax Classification Amendment
5Yes83,63042,29666.41%YesLegRequiring Election City, Town and State Officers at Same Time
6No46,66686,16535.13%NoLegFour Hundred Thousand Dollar Tax Levy for a New Penitentiary
7Yes77,31663,80354.79%NoLegSix Million Dollar State Road Bond Issue and Highway Bill

1918

1918 General Election[11]
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num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
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Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1No49,93566,07043.05%YesLegEstablishing and Maintaining Southern and Eastern Oregon Normal Schools
2No43,44165,29939.95%NoLegEstablishing Dependent, Delinquent and Defective Children's Home, Appropriating Money Therefor
3No45,51150,22747.54%NoRefProhibiting Seine and Setnet Fishing in Rogue River and Tributaries
4Yes55,55540,90857.59%NoRefClosing the Willamette River to Commercial Fishing South of Oswego
5Yes66,65241,59461.57%NoInitDelinquent Tax Notice Bill
6Yes50,07341,81654.49%NoInitFixing Compensation for Publication of Legal Notice
7No41,36456,97442.06%No-Authorizing Increase in Amount of Levy of State Taxes for Year 1919 (submitted by state tax commission under chapter 150, Laws 1917)

1919

June 1919 Special Election[11]
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num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
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Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1Yes49,72833,56159.71%YesLegSix Percent County Indebtedness for Permanent Roads Amendment
2No38,20440,70748.41%YesLegIndustrial and Reconstruction Hospital Amendment
3Yes43,01035,94854.47%YesLegState Bond Payment of Irrigation and Drainage District Bond Interest
4No39,13040,58049.09%YesLegFive Million Dollar Reconstruction Bonding Amendment
5No32,65346,86141.07%YesLegLieutenant Governor Constitutional Amendment
6Yes56,96629,15966.14%NoLegThe Roosevelt Coast Military Highway Bill
7No37,29442,79246.57%NoLegReconstruction Bonding Bill
8Yes49,15833,51359.46%NoLegSoldiers', Sailors' and Marines' Educational Financial Aid Bill
9Yes53,19128,03965.48%NoLegMarket Roads Tax Bill

1920s

May 1920 Special Election[11]
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num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
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Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1Yes100,25635,65573.77%YesLegExtending Eminent Domain Over Roads and Ways
2Yes93,39246,08466.96%YesLegLimitation of 4 Percent State Indebtedness for Permanent Roads
3Yes81,75664,58955.87%YesLegRestoring Capital Punishment
4Yes72,37836,69966.35%YesLegCrook and Curry Counties Bonding Amendment
5Yes78,24156,94657.88%YesLegSuccessor to Governor
6Yes102,72246,57768.80%NoLegHigher Educational Tax Act
7Yes91,29450,48264.39%NoLegSoldiers', Sailors' and Marines' Educational Aid Revenue Bill
8Yes110,26339,59373.58%NoLegState Elementary School Fund Tax
9Yes115,33730,73978.96%NoLegBlind School Tax Measure
1920 General Election[11]
meas.
num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1No61,258131,60331.76%YesLegCompulsory Voting and Registration Amendment
2No80,34285,52448.44%YesLegConstitutional Amendment Regulating Legislative Sessions and the Payment of Legislators
3No67,101119,12636.03%NoRefOleomargarine Bills
4No37,283147,42620.18%YesInitSingle Tax Constitutional Amendment
5Yes97,85480,98354.72%YesInitFixing Term of Certain County Officers
6No80,49384,83048.69%NoInitPort of Portland Dock Commission Consolidation
7No63,018127,57033.07%YesInitAnti-compulsory Vaccination Amendment
8No28,976158,67315.44%YesInitConstitutional Amendment Fixing Legal Rate of Interest in Oregon
9No78,961107,38342.37%NoInitRoosevelt Bird Refuge
10No57,791101,17936.35%YesInitDivided Legislative Session Constitutional Amendment
11No51,605119,46430.17%NoInitState Market Commission Act

1921

June 1921 Special Election[11]
meas.
num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1No42,92472,59637.16%YesLegLegislative Regulation and Compensation Amendment
2Yes88,21937,86669.97%YesLegWorld War Veterans' State Aid Fund, Constitutional Amendment
3Yes62,62145,53757.90%YesLegEmergency Clause Veto Constitutional Amendment
4No56,85865,79346.36%NoLegHygiene Marriage Examination and License Bill
5Yes59,88259,26550.26%NoLegWomen Jurors and Revised Jury Law

1922

1922 General Election[12]
meas.
num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1Yes89,17757,04960.99%YesLegAmendment Permitting Linn County Tax Levy to Pay Outstanding Warrants
2Yes86,54753,84461.65%YesLegAmendment Permitting Linn and Benton Counties to Pay Outstanding Warrants
3No39,231132,02122.91%YesInitSingle Tax Amendment
4No82,83795,58746.43%NoInit1925 Exposition Tax Amendment
5No54,803112,19732.82%NoInitIncome Tax Amendment
6Yes115,506103,68552.70%NoInitCompulsory Education Bill amended a statute requiring children between eight and sixteen to attend public school, to eliminate an exemption for private school students; the measure passed, but was invalidated by the Supreme Court of the United States in Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925).

1923

November 1923 Special Election[12]
meas.
num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1Yes58,64758,13150.22%NoLegIncome Tax Act

1924

1924 General Election[12]
meas.
num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1Yes184,03148,64579.09%YesLegVoters' Literacy Amendment
2Yes134,07165,13367.30%YesLegPublic Use and Welfare Amendment
3Yes131,19992,44658.66%YesLegBonus Amendment
4No91,597157,32436.80%NoRefOleomargarine Condensed Milk Bill
5No75,159122,83937.96%NoInitNaturopath Bill
6No73,270151,86232.55%YesInitWorkmen's Compulsory Compensation Law for Hazardous Occupations
7Yes123,799111,05552.71%NoInitIncome Tax Repeal

1926

1926 General Election[12]
meas.
num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1Yes81,95468,12854.61%YesLegKlamath County Bonding Amendment
2No54,62499,12535.53%YesLegSix Percent Limitation Amendment
3Yes108,33264,95462.52%YesLegRepeal of Free Negro and Mulatto Section of the Constitution
4No59,442121,97332.77%YesLegAmendment Prohibiting Inheritance and Income Taxes
5No47,878124,81127.72%NoLegThe Seaside Normal School Act
6Yes101,32780,08455.85%NoLegThe Eastern Oregon State Normal School Act
7Yes100,32461,30762.07%YesLegThe Recall Amendment
8Yes78,82361,47256.18%YesLegCurry County Bonding or Tax Levy Amendment
9Yes100,39754,47464.83%YesLegAmendment Relating to Elections to Fill Vacancies in Public Offices
10Yes75,22961,71854.93%YesLegKlamath and Clackamas County Bonding Amendment
11Yes131,29648,49073.03%NoLegThe Eastern Oregon Tuberculosis Hospital Act
12No62,254123,20833.57%NoRefCigarette and Tobacco Tax Bill
13Yes99,74678,68555.90%NoRefMotor Bus and Truck Bill
14No46,38997,46032.25%NoRefAct Appropriating Ten Percent of Self-sustaining Boards' Receipts
15No50,199122,51229.07%NoInitIncome Tax Bill With Property Tax Offset
16No76,16494,53344.62%NoInitBus and Truck Operating License Bill
17Yes102,11973,08658.29%NoInitFishwheel, Trap, Seine and Gillnet Bill
18No83,99193,99747.19%NoInitIncome Tax Bill
19No35,313147,09219.36%YesInitOregon Water and Power Board Development Measure[13]
20No1,9882,64642.90%NoLegAmendment Fixing Salaries of County Officers of Umatilla County
21No2,8266,19931.31%NoLegTo Provide Salaries for Certain Officials of Clackamas County

1927

June 1927 Special Election[12]
meas.
num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1Yes69,37341,88762.35%YesLegRepeal of Negro, Chinaman and Mulatto Suffrage Section of Constitution
2No46,78455,81745.60%YesLegPortland School District Tax Levy Amendment
3Yes64,95638,77462.62%YesLegCriminal Information Amendment
4No28,38081,21525.90%YesLegLegislators' Pay Amendment
5Yes55,80249,68252.90%YesLegVoters' Registration Amendment
6No46,99961,83843.18%YesLegState and County Officers, Salary Amendment
7No41,30957,61341.76%YesLegCity and County Consolidation Amendment
8No25,18080,47623.83%YesLegVeterans' Memorial and Armory Amendment
9No19,39384,69718.63%YesLegState Tax Limitation Amendment
10No48,74567,03942.10%NoLegIncome Tax Bill
11No31,95770,87131.08%NoLegProperty Assessment and Taxation Enforcement Bill
12Yes53,68447,55253.03%NoRefNestucca Bay Fish Closing Bill

1928

1928 General Election[12]
meas.
num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1No71,824198,79826.54%YesInitFive Cent Gasoline Tax Bill
2No98,248174,21936.06%YesInitBill for Reduction of Motor Vehicle License Fees
3No118,696132,96147.17%NoInitIncome Tax Bill
4No108,230124,20046.56%YesInitLimiting Power of Legislature Over Laws Approved by the People
5No78,317157,39833.23%NoInitDeschutes River Water and Fish Bill
6No79,028156,00933.62%NoInitRogue River Water and Fish Bill
7No76,108154,34533.03%NoInitUmpqua River Water and Fish Bill
8No77,974153,41833.70%NoInitMcKenzie River Water and Fish Bill

1930s

1930 General Election[14]
meas.
num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1Yes96,06174,89256.19%YesLegRepeal of State Payment of Irrigation and Drainage District Interest
2No51,248135,41227.46%YesLegState Cabinet Form of Government Constitutional Amendment
3No92,602101,78547.64%YesLegBonus Loan Constitutional Amendment
4No71,557115,48038.26%YesLegMotor Vehicle License Tax Constitutional Amendment
5No63,683111,44136.36%YesLegMotor Vehicle License Tax Constitutional Amendment
6Yes85,83676,45552.89%YesLegConstitutional Amendment for Filling Vacancies in the Legislature
7No70,937108,07039.63%YesLegLegislators' Compensation Constitutional Amendment
8No39,770137,54922.43%NoRefTwo Additional Circuit Judges Bill
9Yes105,18995,20752.49%NoRefIncome Tax Bill
10No54,231156,26525.76%YesInitAnti-cigarette Constitutional Amendment
11No96,59699,49049.26%YesInitRogue River Fishing Constitutional Amendment
12No92,70795,27749.32%YesInitLieutenant Governor Constitutional Amendment
13Yes117,77684,77858.15%YesInitPeople's Water and Power Utility Districts Constitutional Amendment[13]

1932

1932 General Election[14]
meas.
num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1Yes189,321124,16060.39%YesLegTaxpayer Voting Qualification Amendment
2Yes191,042111,87263.07%YesLegAmendment Authorizing Criminal Trials Without Juries by Consent of Accused
3Yes149,833121,85255.15%YesLegSix Percent Tax Limitation Amendment
4No131,273200,49639.57%NoRefOleomargarine Tax Bill
5No127,445180,52741.38%NoRefBill Prohibiting Commercial Fishing on the Rogue River
6No58,076237,21819.67%NoRefHigher Education Appropriation Bill
7Yes206,619138,77559.82%NoInitBill to Repeal State Prohibition Law of Oregon
8No151,790180,60945.66%NoInitThe Freight Truck and Bus Bill
9No47,275292,48613.91%NoInitBill Moving University, Normal and Law Schools, Establishing Junior Colleges
10No99,171162,55237.89%YesInitTax and Debt Control Constitutional Amendment
11No117,940154,20643.34%NoInitTax Supervising and Conservation Bill
12No144,502162,46847.07%NoInitPersonal Income Tax Law Amendment
13Yes168,937130,49456.42%YesInitState Water Power and Hydroelectric Constitutional Amendment

1933

July 1933 Special Election[14]
meas.
num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1Yes136,71372,85465.24%NoLegAn Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America
2Yes113,26775,47660.01%YesLegSoldiers and Sailors Bonus Limitation Amendment
3No66,425117,14836.18%YesLegCounty Manager Form of Government Constitutional Amendment
4No67,192110,75537.76%YesLegProsecution by Information and Grand Jury Modification Amendment
5No82,99691,67147.52%YesLegDebt and Taxation Limitations for Municipal Corporations Constitutional Amendment
6No73,756106,15341.00%NoLegState Power Fund Bonds
7No45,603167,51221.40%NoLegSales Tax Bill
8Yes143,04472,74566.29%YesLegRepeal of Oregon Prohibition Constitutional Amendment
9No66,880144,54231.63%NoRefOleomargarine Tax Bill

1934

May 1934 Special Election[14]
meas.
num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1No83,42496,62946.33%YesLegCounty Indebtedness and Funding Bond Constitutional Amendment
2Yes117,44683,43058.47%YesLegCriminal Trial Without Jury and Non-unanimous Verdict Constitutional Amendment
3Yes104,45998,81551.39%NoLegBill Authorizing a State Tuberculosis Hospital in Multnomah County
4No92,575108,81645.97%NoLegBill Authorizing a State Insane Hospital in Multnomah County
5No64,677156,18229.28%NoRefSchool Relief Sales Tax Bill

1934

1934 General Election[14]
meas.
num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1No124,518139,28347.20%NoRefGrange Power Bill
2No100,565161,64438.35%YesInitLimitations of Taxes on Taxable Property Constitutional Amendment
3No70,626191,83626.91%YesInitHealing Arts Constitutional Amendment

1936

January 1936 Special Election[14]
meas.
num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1No61,270155,92228.21%NoLegBill Changing Primary Elections to September With Other Resulting Changes
2No28,661184,33213.46%YesLegCompensation of Members of the Legislature Constitutional Amendment
3No32,106187,31914.63%NoLegSales Tax Bill
4No50,971163,19123.80%NoRefBill Authorizing Student Activity Fees in State Higher Educational Institutions
1936 General Election[14]
meas.
num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1No174,293179,23649.30%NoRefBill Amending Old Age Assistance Act of 1935
2No100,141222,89731.00%YesInitAmendment Forbidding Prevention or Regulation of Certain Advertising If Truthful
3No112,546203,69335.59%YesInitTax Limitation Constitutional Amendment for School Districts Having 100,000 Population
4No131,917214,24638.11%NoInitNoncompulsory Military Training Bill
5No79,604241,04224.83%YesInitAmendment Limiting and Reducing Permissible Taxes on Tangible Property
6No131,489208,17938.71%NoInitState Power Bill
7No100,356208,74132.47%YesInitState Hydroelectric Temporary Administrative Board Constitutional Amendment
8No82,869250,77724.84%NoInitState Bank Bill

1938

1938 General Election[15]
meas.
num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1Yes233,38493,75271.34%YesLegGovernor's 20-day Bill Consideration Amendment
2No133,525165,79744.61%YesLegAmendment Repealing the Double Liability of Stockholders in Banking Corporations
3No149,356169,13146.90%YesLegLegislators Compensation Constitutional Amendments
4Yes277,09966,48480.65%NoLegBill Requiring Marriage License Applicants Medically Examined; Physically and Mentally
5Yes204,561126,58061.77%NoRefSlot Machines Seizure by Sheriffs and Destruction on Court Order
6Yes197,912129,04360.53%NoRefProhibiting Slot Machines, Pin-ball, Dart and Other Similar Games
7Yes183,781149,71155.11%NoInitTownsend Plan Bill
8No112,172219,55733.81%NoInitCitizens' Retirement Annuity Bill; Levying Transactions Tax to Provide Fund
9Yes197,771148,46057.12%NoInitBill Regulating Picketing and Boycotting by Labor Groups and Organizations
10Yes247,68575,29576.69%NoInitWater Purification and Prevention of Pollution Bill
11No118,282222,22134.74%NoInitBill Regulating Sale of Alcoholic Liquor for Beverage Purposes
12No141,792180,32944.02%YesInitConstitutional Amendment Legalizing Certain Lotteries and Other Forms of Gambling

1940s

1940 General Election[15]
meas.
num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1No163,942213,79743.40%YesLegAmendment Removing Office Time Limit of State Secretary and Treasurer
2No129,699183,48841.41%YesLegAmendment Making Three Years' Average People's Voted Levies, Tax Base
3No157,891191,29045.22%YesLegAmendment Repealing the Double Liability of Stockholders of State Banks
4No186,830188,03149.84%YesLegLegislators' Compensation Constitutional Amendment
5No156,421221,20341.42%NoRefBill Changing the Primary Nominating Elections from May to September
6No158,004235,12840.19%NoRefBill to Further Regulate Sale and Use of Alcoholic Liquor
7No90,681309,18322.68%NoInitBill Repealing Present Liquor Law; Authorizing Private Sale, Licensed, Taxed
8No150,157258,01036.79%YesInitAmendment Legalizing Certain Gambling and Gaming Devices and Certain Lotteries
9No201,983213,83848.57%NoInitBill to Repeal the Oregon Milk Control Law

1942

1942 General Election[15]
meas.
num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1Yes129,318109,89854.06%YesLegLegislators' Compensation Constitutional Amendment
2Yes101,42588,85753.30%YesLegRural Credits Loan Fund Repeal Amendment
3Yes125,99086,33259.34%YesLegAmendment Specifying Exclusive Uses of Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Taxes
4No101,508103,40449.54%YesLegAmendment Authorizing Regulation by Law of Voting Privilege Forfeiture
5No110,643127,36646.49%NoRefCigarette Tax Bill
6No97,212137,17741.47%NoRefBill Restricting and Prohibiting Net Fishing Coastal Streams and Bays
7Yes136,32192,62359.54%NoInitBill Distributing Surplus Funds to School Districts, Reducing Taxes Therein

1944

1944 General Election[15]
meas.
num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1Yes228,744115,74566.40%YesLegAmendment To Provide Alternative Means for Securing Bank Deposits
2Yes175,716154,50453.21%YesLegAmendment Authorizing Change to Managerial Form of County Government
3Yes190,520178,58151.62%YesLegAmendment Authorizing "Oregon War Veterans' Fund," Providing Tax Therefor
4Yes183,855156,21954.06%YesLegAmendment to Authorize Legislative Regulation of Voting Privilege Forfeiture
5Yes238,350135,31763.79%NoLegBill Providing Educational Aid to Certain Veterans World War II
6No96,697269,27626.42%NoLegBill Imposing Tax on Retail Sales of Tangible Personal Property
7Yes228,853180,15855.95%NoRefBurke Bill; Only State Selling Liquor over 14 Hundredths Alcohol
8No177,153186,97648.65%YesInitConstitutional Amendment Increasing State Tax Fund for Public School Support
9No180,691219,98145.10%YesInitConstitutional Amendment Providing Monthly Annuities From a Gross Income Tax

1945

June 1945 Special Election[15]
meas.
num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1Yes78,26949,56561.23%NoLegBill Authorizing Tax Levy for State Building Fund
2No60,32167,54247.18%NoLegBill Authorizing Cigarette Tax to Support Public Schools

1946

1946 General Election[15]
meas.
num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1Yes221,54770,32275.91%YesLegConstitutional Amendment Providing for Succession to Office of Governor
2No75,693219,00625.68%NoLegBill Authorizing Tax for Construction and Equipment of State Armories
3Yes155,733134,67353.63%NoLegBill Establishing Rural School Districts and School Boards
4Yes161,865133,11154.87%YesLegBill Authorizing Chinamen to Hold Real Estate and Mining Claims
5Yes145,248113,27956.18%YesLegAmendment Permitting Legislative Bills to be Read by Title Only
6No88,717185,24732.38%YesLegConstitutional Amendment Increasing Number of Senators to Thirty-one
7Yes196,195101,39865.93%NoRefBill Regulating Fishing in Coastal Streams and Inland Waters
8No86,374244,96026.07%NoInitTo Create State Old-age and Disability Pension Fund
9Yes157,904151,76550.99%NoInitTo Create Basic School Support Fund by Annual Tax Levy

1947

October 1947 Special Election[15]
meas.
num
passedYes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7]description
1No67,514180,33327.24%NoLegBill Taxing Retail Sales for School, Welfare and Governmental Purposes
2No103,794140,87642.42%NoRefCigarette Tax Bill

1948

1948 General Election[16]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 No 150,032 268,155 35.88% Yes Leg Constitutional Six Percent Tax Limitation Amendment
2 Yes 211,912 209,317 50.31% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment Authorizing Indebtedness for State Forestation
3 Yes 227,638 219,196 50.94% No Leg Bill Authorizing State Boys' Camp Near Timber, Oregon
4 No 173,004 242,100 41.68% No Ref Bill Amending Licensing and Acquisition Provisions for Hydroelectric Commission Act
5 Yes 284,776 164,025 63.45% Yes Init Constitutional Amendment Fixing Qualifications of Voters in School Elections
6 Yes 313,212 172,531 64.48% No Init Oregon Old Age Pension Act
7 Yes 405,842 63,373 86.49% No Init Bill Increasing Personal Income Tax Exemptions
8 No 210,108 273,621 43.44% No Init Oregon Liquor Dispensing Licensing Act
9 No 198,283 265,805 42.73% Yes Init World War II Veterans' Bonus Amendment
10 Yes 273,140 184,834 59.64% No Init Prohibiting Salmon Fishing in Columbia River With Fixed Appliances
11 No 143,856 256,167 35.96% No Ref Question of Authorizing Additional State Tax, to be Offset by Income Tax Funds

1950s

1950 General Election[16]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 Yes 243,518 205,361 54.25% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment Fixing Legislators' Annual Compensation
2 No 256,895 192,573 57.16% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment Lending State Tax Credit for Higher Education Buildings
3 Yes 268,171 183,724 59.34% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment Augmenting "Oregon War Veterans' Fund"
4 No 234,394 231,856 50.27% Yes Leg Increasing Basic School Support Fund by Annual Tax Levy
5 Yes 310,143 158,939 66.12% No Ref Needy Aged Persons Public Assistance Act
6 Yes 277,633 195,319 58.70% No Ref Providing Uniform Standard Time in Oregon
7 Yes 239,553 216,958 52.47% Yes Init World War II Veterans' Compensation Fund
8 No 190,992 215,302 47.01% Yes Init Constitutional Amendment for Legislative Representation Reapportionment
9 No 113,524 378,732 23.06% No Init Making Sale of Promotively Advertised Alcoholic Beverage Unlawful

1952

1952 General Election[16]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 No 282,882 326,199 46.44% Yes Leg Amendment Making Superintendent of Public Instruction Appointive
2 Yes 454,898 147,128 75.56% Yes Leg World War Veterans' State Aid Sinking Fund Repeal
3 Yes 480,479 153,402 75.80% No Leg Act Authorizing Domiciliary State Hospital for Aged Mentally Ill
4 Yes 355,136 210,373 62.80% Yes Leg Amendment Legal Voters of Taxing Unit Establish Tax Base
5 Yes 465,605 132,363 77.86% Yes Leg Amendment to Augment Oregon War Veterans' Fund
6 Yes 364,539 194,492 65.21% Yes Leg Amendment Creating Legislative Assembly Emergency Committee
7 Yes 483,356 103,357 82.38% Yes Leg Amendment Fixing Elective Terms of State Senators and Representatives
8 Yes 315,071 191,087 62.25% Yes Leg Amendatory Act Title Subject Amendment
9 Yes 318,948 272,145 53.96% No Leg Act Limiting State Property Tax
10 Yes 409,588 230,241 64.02% No Ref Motor Carrier Highway Transportation Tax Act
11 No 295,700 301,974 49.48% No Ref School District Reorganization Act
12 No 233,226 413,137 36.08% No Ref Cigarette Stamp Tax Revenue Act
13 Yes 399,981 256,981 60.88% No Init Establishing United States Standard Time in Oregon
14 No 230,097 411,884 35.84% Yes Init Constitutional Amendment Prohibiting Lotteries, Bookmaking, Pari-mutuel Betting on Animal Racing
15 Yes 369,127 285,446 56.39% Yes Init Constitutional Amendment Authorizing Alcoholic Liquor Sale by Individual Glass
16 No 135,468 484,730 21.84% Yes Init Constitutional Amendment Providing Equitable Taxing Method for Use of Highways
17 No 313,629 337,750 48.15% No Init Milk Production and Marketing Act Bill
18 Yes 357,550 194,292 64.79% Yes Init Constitutional Legislative Senator and Representative Apportionment Enforcement Amendment

1954

1954 General Election[16]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 No 216,545 296,008 42.25% Yes Leg Salaries of State Legislators
2 Yes 268,337 208,077 56.32% Yes Leg Subdividing Counties for Electing State Legislators
3 Yes 397,625 128,685 75.55% No Leg Mental Hospital In or Near Portland
4 Yes 251,078 230,770 52.11% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendments—How Proposed by People
5 No 208,419 264,569 44.06% Yes Leg State Property Tax
6 No 252,305 300,007 45.68% No Init Establishing Daylight Saving Time
7 No 232,775 278,805 45.50% No Init Prohibiting Certain Fishing in Coastal Streams
8 Yes 293,745 247,591 54.26% No Init Repealing Milk Control Law

1956

1956 General Election[16]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 No 175,932 487,550 26.52% Yes Leg State Tax Laws—Immediate Effect Authorized
2 Yes 498,633 153,033 76.52% Yes Leg Authorizing State Acceptance of Certain Gifts
3 Yes 390,338 263,155 59.73% Yes Leg Salaries of Certain State Officers
4 Yes 455,485 182,550 71.39% Yes Leg Qualifications for County Coroner and Surveyor-
5 No 320,741 338,365 48.66% Yes Leg Salaries of State Legislators
6 No 280,055 414,613 40.31% No Ref Cigarette Tax
7 Yes 401,882 259,309 60.78% No Init Prohibiting Certain Fishing in Coastal Streams

1958

1958 General Election[17]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 Yes 399,396 114,318 77.75% Yes Leg Fixing State Boundaries
2 No 232,246 318,685 42.16% Yes Leg Increasing Funds for War Veterans' Loans
3 No 236,000 316,437 42.72% Yes Leg Salaries of State Legislators
4 No 264,434 276,487 48.89% Yes Leg Capital Punishment Bill
5 No 221,330 268,716 45.17% Yes Leg Financing Urban Redevelopment Projects
6 Yes 252,347 224,426 52.93% Yes Leg Modifying County Debt Limitation
7 Yes 357,792 136,745 72.35% Yes Leg Special Grand Jury Bill
8 Yes 303,282 193,177 61.09% Yes Leg Authorizes Different Use of State Institution
9 Yes 373,466 125,898 74.79% Yes Leg Temporary Appointment and Assignment of Judges
10 No 218,662 291,210 42.89% Yes Leg State Power Development
11 Yes 311,516 157,023 66.49% Yes Leg County Home Rule Amendment
12 Yes 319,790 195,945 62.01% Yes Leg Authorizing Discontinuing Certain State Tuberculosis Hospitals
13 Yes 320,751 201,700 61.39% Yes Init Persons Eligible to Serve in Legislature

1960s

May 1960 Special Election[17]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 No 250,456 281,542 47.08% Yes Leg Salaries of State Legislators
1960 General Election[17]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 Yes 579,022 92,187 86.27% Yes Leg Fixing Commencement of Legislators' Term
2 No 357,499 393,652 47.59% No Leg Daylight Saving Time
3 Yes 335,792 312,187 51.82% Yes Leg Financing Urban Redevelopment Projects
4 No 306,190 340,197 47.37% Yes Leg Permitting Prosecution by Information or Indictment
5 Yes 358,367 289,895 55.28% Yes Leg Authorizing Legislature to Propose Revised Constitution
6 Yes 467,557 233,759 66.67% Yes Leg State Bonds for Higher Education Facilities
7 Yes 508,108 183,977 73.42% Yes Leg Voter Qualification Amendment
8 No 232,250 433,515 34.88% Yes Leg Authorizing Bonds for State Building Program
9 Yes 578,471 123,283 82.43% Yes Leg Compulsory Retirement for Judges
10 Yes 486,019 169,865 74.10% Yes Leg Elective Offices: When to Become Vacant
11 Yes 399,210 222,736 64.19% Yes Leg Financing Improvements in Home Rule Counties
12 Yes 578,266 88,995 86.66% Yes Leg Continuity of Government in Enemy Attack
13 Yes 415,931 266,630 60.94% Yes Leg War Veterans' Bonding and Loan Amendment
14 No 115,610 570,025 16.86% No Ref Personal Income Tax Bill
15 No 261,735 475,290 35.51% No Init Billboard Control Measure

1962

May 1962 Special Election[17]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 No 141,728 262,140 35.09% Yes Leg Six Percent Limitation Amendment
2 Yes 241,171 178,749 57.43% Yes Leg Salaries of State Legislators
1962 General Election[17]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 Yes 312,680 234,440 57.15% Yes Leg Reorganize State Militia
2 Yes 323,799 199,174 61.92% Yes Leg Forest Rehabilitation Debt Limit Amendment
3 Yes 319,956 200,236 61.51% Yes Leg Permanent Road Debt Limit Amendment
4 Yes 298,255 208,755 58.83% Yes Leg Power Development Debt Limit Amendment
5 Yes 307,855 193,487 61.41% Yes Leg State Courts Creation and Jurisdiction
6 Yes 388,154 229,661 62.83% No Leg Daylight Saving Time
7 Yes 270,637 219,509 55.22% Yes Leg Constitutional Six Percent Limitation Amendment
8 No 197,322 325,182 37.76% Yes Init Legislative Apportionment Constitutional Amendment
9 No 206,540 320,917 39.16% No Init Repeals School District Reorganization Law

1963

October 1963 Special Election[17]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 No 103,737 362,845 22.23% No Ref Personal and Corporation Income Tax Bill

1964

May 1964 Election[17]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 Yes 327,220 252,372 56.46% Yes Leg Authorize Bonds for Education Building Program
1964 General Election[17]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 Yes 455,654 302,105 60.13% Yes Leg Capital Punishment Bill
2 Yes 477,031 238,241 66.69% Yes Leg Leasing Property for State Use
3 No 205,182 549,414 27.19% No Init Amending State Workmen's Compensation Law
4 No 221,797 534,731 29.32% No Init Prohibiting Commercial Fishing for Salmon, Steelhead

1966

May 1966 Election[17]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 Yes 310,743 181,957 63.07% No Leg Cigarette Tax Bill
2 No 197,096 267,319 42.44% Yes Leg Superintendent of Public Instruction Constitutional Amendment
1966 General Election[17]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 Yes 468,103 123,964 79.06% Yes Leg Public Transportation System Employees Constitutional Amendment
2 No 237,282 332,983 41.61% Yes Leg State Bonds for Educational Facilities

1968

May 1968[17]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 Yes 372,915 226,191 62.25% Yes Leg Common School Fund Constitutional Amendment
2 Yes 321,731 244,750 56.79% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment Changing Initiative—Referendum Requirements
3 Yes 353,383 261,014 57.52% Yes Leg Higher Education and Community College Bonds
1968 General Election[17]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 Yes 651,250 96,065 87.15% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment Broadening Veterans Loan Eligibility
2 Yes 690,989 56,973 92.38% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment for Removal of Judges
3 Yes 588,166 143,768 80.36% Yes Leg Empowering Legislature to Extend Ocean Boundaries
4 No 331,617 348,866 48.73% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment Broadening County Debt Limitation
5 Yes 393,789 278,483 58.58% Yes Leg Government Consolidation City-County Over 300,000
6 No 315,175 464,140 40.44% Yes Init Bond Issue to Acquire Ocean Beaches
7 No 276,451 503,443 35.45% Yes Init Constitutional Amendment Changing Property Tax Limitation

1969

June 1969 Special Election[17]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 No 65,077 504,274 11.43% Yes Leg Property Tax Relief and Sales Tax

1970s

May 1970 Primary Election[17]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 No 190,257 300,126 38.80% Yes Leg Capital Construction Bonds for State Government
2 Yes 326,374 168,464 65.96% Yes Leg Repeals "White Foreigner" Section of Constitution
3 No 182,074 322,682 36.07% Yes Leg Revised Constitution for Oregon
4 Yes 292,234 213,835 57.75% Yes Leg Pollution Control Bonds
5 No 202,018 336,527 37.51% Yes Leg Lowers Oregon Voting Age to 19
6 No 180,602 323,189 35.85% Yes Leg Local School Property Tax Equalization Measure
1970 General Election[17]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 No 261,428 340,104 43.46% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment Concerning Convening of Legislature
2 Yes 342,138 269,467 55.94% Yes Leg Automatic Adoption, Federal Income Tax Amendments
3 No 283,659 294,186 49.09% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment Concerning County Debt Limitation
4 Yes 332,188 268,588 55.29% Yes Leg Investing Funds Donated to Higher Education
5 Yes 481,031 133,564 78.27% Yes Leg Veterans' Loan Amendment
6 Yes 436,897 158,409 73.39% Yes Leg Limits Term of Defeated Incumbents
7 No 269,372 318,651 45.81% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment Authorizing Education Bonds
8 Yes 352,771 260,100 57.56% Yes Leg Allows Penal Institutions Anywhere in Oregon
9 Yes 406,315 214,243 65.48% No Init Scenic Waterways Bill
10 No 223,735 405,437 35.56% Yes Init New Property Tax Bases for Schools
11 No 272,765 342,503 44.33% Yes Init Restricts Governmental Powers Over Rural Property

1972

January 1972 Special Election[18]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 Yes 245,717 236,937 50.91% No Ref Increases cigarette tax
May 1972 Primary Election[18]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 No 327,231 349,746 48.34% Yes Leg Eliminates literacy requirement; lowers voting age
2 Yes 420,568 206,436 67.08% Yes Leg Repeals requirement for decennial state census
3 No 241,371 391,698 38.13% Yes Leg Allows legislators to call special sessions
4 No 232,391 364,323 38.95% Yes Leg Capital construction bonds for state government
5 No 233,175 374,295 38.38% Yes Leg Irrigation and water development bonds
6 No 120,027 491,551 19.63% Yes Leg Enabling county-city vehicle registration tax
  • 7 — Repealed Governors Retirement Act that was created through House Bill 1728 in 1971 that provided lifetime pensions for Oregon Governors who served at least two years. The measure passed with little objection.
1972 General Election[18]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 Yes 594,080 232,948 71.83% Yes Leg Eliminates location requirements for state institutions
2 Yes 572,619 281,720 67.02% Yes Leg Qualifications for sheriff set by legislature
3 No 329,669 462,932 41.59% Yes Leg Amends county purchase and lease limitations
4 No 336,382 519,196 39.32% Yes Leg Changes provision regarding religion
5 Yes 591,191 265,636 69.00% Yes Leg Minimum jury size of six members
6 Yes 736,802 133,139 84.70% Yes Leg Broadens eligibility for veterans loans
7 Yes 571,959 292,561 66.16% Yes Leg Repeals Governor's retirement act
8 Yes 697,297 151,174 82.18% Yes Leg Changes succession to office of Governor[19]
9 No 342,885 558,136 38.06% Yes Leg Prohibits property tax for school operations

1973

May 1973 Special Election[18]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 No 253,682 358,219 41.46% No Leg Property tax limitation; school tax revision

1974

May 1974 Election[18]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 No 136,851 410,733 24.99% No Leg Income, corporate tax, school support increase
2 No 190,899 369,038 34.09% Yes Leg Highway fund use for mass transit
3 No 166,363 371,897 30.91% Yes Leg New school district tax base limitation
4 No 198,563 328,221 37.69% Yes Leg Authorizes bonds for water development fund
5 Yes 381,559 164,953 69.82% Yes Leg Increases veteran's loan bonding authority
6 No 246,525 298,373 45.24% Yes Leg Permits legislature to call special session
1974 General Election[18]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 No 353,357 384,521 47.89% Yes Leg Liquor licenses for public passenger carriers
2 Yes 546,255 165,778 76.72% Yes Leg Opens all legislative deliberations to public
3 Yes 437,557 246,902 63.93% Yes Leg Revises constitutional requirements for grand juries
4 Yes 381,593 331,756 53.49% Yes Leg Governor vacancy successor age requirement eliminated
5 (moved to May 1974 election by special session of the legislature)
6 Yes 552,737 146,364 79.06% Yes Leg Permits establishing qualifications for county assessors
7 No 322,023 329,858 49.40% Yes Leg Tax base includes revenue sharing money
8 No 337,565 378,071 47.17% Yes Leg Revises school district election voting requirements
9 No 218,846 476,547 31.47% Yes Leg Permits state employees to be legislators
10 Yes 362,731 355,506 50.50% Yes Leg Revises Oregon voter qualification requirements
11 Yes 480,631 216,853 68.91% Yes Leg Right to jury in civil cases
12 No 277,723 376,747 42.43% Yes Leg Community development fund bonds
13 Yes 393,743 352,958 52.73% No Ref Obscenity and sexual conduct bill
14 Yes 498,002 177,946 73.67% No Leg Public officials' financial ethics and reporting; also referred to all 36 counties and 243 cities with governing bodies
15 Yes 458,417 274,182 62.57% No Init Prohibits purchase or sale of Steelhead

1976

May 1976 Primary Election[18]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 Yes 549,553 158,997 77.56% Yes Leg Expands Veterans' home-farm loan eligibility
2 Yes 639,977 59,774 91.46% Yes Leg Discipline of judges
3 Yes 315,588 362,414 46.55% Yes Leg Housing bonds
4 No 170,331 531,219 24.28% Yes Leg Authorizes vehicle tax mass transit use
1976 General Election[18]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 Yes 607,325 247,843 71.02% Yes Leg Validates inadvertently superseded statutory amendments
2 No 376,489 536,967 41.22% Yes Leg Allows changing city, county election days
3 No 285,777 679,517 29.61% Yes Leg Lowers minimum age for legislative service
4 Yes 507,308 368,646 57.91% Yes Leg Repeals emergency succession provision
5 Yes 549,126 377,354 59.27% Yes Leg Permits legislature to call special session
6 Yes 682,252 281,696 70.78% Yes Leg Allows charitable, fraternal, religious organizations bingo
7 No 263,738 659,327 28.57% No Leg Partial public funding of election campaigns
8 No 465,143 505,124 47.94% No Ref Increases motor fuel, ton-mile taxes
9 No 423,008 584,845 41.97% No Init Regulates nuclear power plant construction approval
10 No 402,608 536,502 42.87% No Init Repeals land use planning coordination statutes
11 No 419,567 555,981 43.01% No Init Prohibits adding fluorides to water systems
12 No 333,933 525,868 38.84% No Init Repeals intergovernmental cooperation, planning district statutes

1977

May 1977 Election[18]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 No 112,570 252,061 30.87% Yes Leg School operating levy measure
2 Yes 200,270 158,436 55.83% Yes Leg Authorizes additional veterans' fund uses
3 Yes 250,783 106,953 70.10% Yes Leg Increases Veterans' loan bonding authority
1977 Special Election[18]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 Yes 124,484 118,953 51.14% Yes Leg Water development loan fund created
2 No 105,219 137,693 43.32% Yes Leg Development of Nonnuclear energy resources

1978

May 1978[18]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 Yes 306,506 156,623 66.18% Yes Leg Home rule county initiative-referendum requirements
2 Yes 435,338 80,176 84.45% Yes Leg Open meetings rules for legislature
3 Yes 291,778 250,810 53.78% Yes Leg Housing for low income elderly
4 No 148,822 351,843 29.72% Yes Leg Domestic water fund created
5 No 190,301 365,170 34.26% No Leg Highway repair priority, gas tax increase
6 Yes 110,600 91,090 54.84% No Leg Reorganizes metropolitan service district, abolishes CRAG
1978 General Election[18]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 No 358,504 449,132 44.39% Yes Leg Appellate judge selection, running on record
2 Yes 468,458 349,604 57.26% Yes Leg Authorizes senate confirmation of Governor's appointments
3 No 208,722 673,802 23.65% No Ref Vehicle and fee increase referendum
4 No 375,587 471,027 44.36% No Init Shortens formation procedures for people's utility districts
5 Yes 704,480 201,463 77.76% No Init Authorizes, regulates practice of denture techNology
6 No 424,029 453,741 48.31% Yes Init Limitations on ad valorem property taxes
7 No 431,577 461,542 48.32% Yes Init Prohibits state expenditures, programs or services for abortion
8 Yes 573,707 318,610 64.29% No Init Requires death penalty for murder under specified conditions
9 Yes 589,361 267,132 68.81% No Init Limitations of public utility rate base
10 No 334,523 515,138 39.37% Yes Init Land use planning, zoning constitutional amendment
11 No 383,532 467,765 45.05% Yes Leg Reduces property tax payable by homeowner and renter
12 Yes 641,862 134,758 82.65% No Leg Support of federal constitutional amendment requiring balanced budget

1980s

May 1980 Special Election
Measure results[20]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 Yes 451,695 257,230 63.72% Yes Leg Limits uses of gasoline and highway user taxes
2 No 325,030 384,346 45.82% Yes Leg Amends liquor by the drink
3 Yes 394,466 278,125 58.65% Yes Leg State bonds for small-scale local energy project loan fund
4 Yes 574,148 130,452 81.49% Yes Leg Veterans' home and farm loan eligibility changes
5 Yes 636,565 64,979 90.74% No Leg Continues tax reduction program
6 Yes 536,002 138,675 79.45% Yes Leg Definition of multifamily low income elderly housing
1980 General Election
Measure results[20]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 No 291,142 820,892 26.18% Yes Leg Repeal constitutional provision requiring elected superintendent of public instruction
2 Yes 678,573 455,020 59.86% Yes Leg Guarantees mentally handicapped voting rights, unless adjudged incompetent to vote
3 Yes 594,520 500,586 54.29% Yes Leg Dedicates oil, natural gas taxes to common school fund
4 No 298,421 849,745 25.99% No Leg Increases gas tax from seven to nine cents per gallon
5 No 425,890 728,173 36.90% No Init Forbids use, sale of snare, leghold traps for most purposes
6 No 416,029 711,617 36.89% Yes Init Real property tax limit preserving 85% Districts' 1977 revenue
7 Yes 608,412 535,049 53.21% No Init Nuclear plant licensing requires voter approval, waste disposal facility existence
8 No 523,955 551,383 48.72% Yes Leg State bonds for fund to finance correctional facilities

1982

May 1982 Special Election
Measure results[20]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 Yes 333,656 267,137 55.54% Yes Leg Use of state bond proceeds to finance municipal water projects
2 Yes 389,820 229,049 62.99% Yes Leg Multifamily housing for elderly and disabled persons
3 No 281,548 333,476 45.78% Yes Leg State bonds to fund corrections facilities
4 No 308,574 323,268 48.84% No Leg Raises taxes on commercial vehicles, motor vehicles fuels for roads
5 No 159,811 453,415 26.06% No Leg Governor to appoint chief justice of Oregon Supreme Court
1982 General Election
Measure results[20]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 No 219,034 768,150 22.19% Yes Leg Increases tax base when new property construction increases district's value
2 No 385,672 604,864 38.94% Yes Leg Lengthens Governor's time for postsession veto or approval of bills
3 No 504,836 515,626 49.47% Yes Init Real property tax limit preserving 85% districts' 1979 revenue
4 No 440,824 597,970 42.44% No Init Permits self-service dispensing of motor vehicle fuel at retail
5 Yes 623,089 387,907 61.63% n/a Init People of Oregon urge mutual freeze on nuclear weapons development
6 No 461,271 565,056 44.94% No Init Ends state's land use planning powers, retains local planning

1984

May 1984 Special Election
Measure results[20]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 No 332,175 365,571 47.61% Yes Leg State may borrow and lend money for public works projects
2 No 234,060 487,457 32.44% No Leg Increases fees for licensing and registration of motor vehicles
1984 General Election
Measure results[20]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 Yes 664464 470139 58.56% Yes Leg Change minimum requirements for recall of public officers
2 No 599424 616252 49.31% Yes Leg Real property tax limit
3 Yes 637968 556826 53.40% No Init Create Citizens' Utility Board
4 Yes 794441 412341 65.83% Yes Init Establish state lottery, commission, profits for ecoNomic development
5 Yes 786933 399231 66.34% No Init Provisions for state operated lottery if authorized
6 Yes 653009 521687 55.59% Yes Init Exempts death sentences from constitutional guarantees against cruel, vindictive punishments
7 Yes 893818 295988 75.12% No Init Requires by statute death or mandatory imprisonment for aggravated murder
8 No 552410 597964 48.02% No Init Revises numerous criminal laws concerning police powers, trials, evidence, sentencing
9 Yes 655973 524214 55.58% No Init Adds requirements for disposing wastes containing naturally occurring radioactive isotopes

1985

1985 September special election
Measure results[20]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 No 189,733 664,365 22.21% Yes Leg Allow 5% sales tax for local education

1986

1986 May Election
Measure results[20]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 Yes 534,476 118,766 81.82% Yes Leg Bans Income Tax on Social Security Benefits
2 Yes 333,277 230,886 59.07% Yes Leg Effect on Merger of Taxing Units on Tax Base
3 Yes 460,148 132,101 77.70% Yes Leg Verification of Signatures on Initiative and Referendum Petitions
4 Yes 343,005 269,305 56.02% Yes Leg Requires Special Election for US Senator Vacancy, Removes Constitutional Provision
5 No 300,674 330,429 47.64% Yes Leg $96 Million Bonds for State-County Prison Buildings
1986 General Election
Measure results[20]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 Yes 771,959 265,999 74.37% Yes Leg Deletes Constitutional Requirement that Secretary of State Live in Salem
2 Yes 637,410 291,355 68.63% Yes Leg Revises Legislative District Reapportionment Procedures After Federal Census
3 Yes 736,739 302,957 70.86% Yes Leg Allows Charitable, Fraternal, Religious Organizations to Conduct Raffles
4 Yes 724,577 297,973 70.86% No Leg Replaces Public Utility Commissioner with Three Member Public Utility Commission
5 No 279,479 781,922 26.33% No Init Legalizes Private Possession and Growing of Marijuana for Personal Use
6 No 477,920 580,163 45.17% Yes Init Prohibits State Funding Abortions. Exception: Prevent Mother's Death
7 No 234,804 816,369 22.34% Yes Init 5% Sales Tax, Funds Schools, Reduces Property Tax
8 Yes 802,099 201,918 79.89% No Init Prohibits Mandatory Local Measured Telephone Service Except Mobile Phone Service
9 No 449,548 584,396 43.48% Yes Init Limits Property Tax Rates and Assessed Value Increases
10 Yes 774,766 251,509 75.49% No Init Revises Many Criminal Laws Concerning Victims' Rights, Evidence, Sentencing, Parole
11 No 381,727 639,034 37.40% Yes Init Homeowner's, Renter's Property Tax Relief Program; Sales Tax Limitation Measure
12 No 299,551 720,034 29.38% No Init State Income Tax Changes, Increased Revenue to Property Tax Relief
13 Yes 693,460 343,450 66.88% Yes Init Twenty Day Pre-election Voter Registration Cutoff
14 No 375,241 674,641 35.74% No Init Prohibits Nuclear Power Plant Operation Until Permanent Waste Site Licensed
15 No 424,099 558,741 43.15% No Init Supersedes "Radioactive Waste" Definition; Changes Energy Facility Payment Procedure
16 No 400,119 590,971 40.37% No Init Phases Out Nuclear Weapons Manufactured With Tax Credits, Civil Penalty

1987

1987 May Election
Measure results[20]
meas.
num.
passed Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] description
1 Yes 299,581 100,854 74.81% No Leg State role in selecting nuclear waste repository
2 Yes 223,417 178,839 55.54% Yes Leg Continue existing tax base levies to prevent school closures

1988

May 17, 1988 primary election

Meas. num. Measure Yes No
1 Authorizes Water Development Fund Loans for Fish Protection, Watershed Restoration—L1 *485,629 191,008
2 Protective Headgear for Motorcycle Operators and Passengers and Moped Riders—L2 *486,401 224,655

November 8, 1988 general election[21]

Meas. num. Measure Yes No
1 Extends Governor's Veto Deadline After Legislature Adjourns; Requires Prior Announcement—L1 *615,012 520,939
2 Common School Fund Investments; Using Income for State Lands Management—L1 *621,894 510,694
3 Requires the Use of Safety Belts—L2 528,324 684,747
4 Requires Full Sentences Without Parole, Probation for Certain Repeat Felonies—I2 *947,805 252,985
5 Finances Intercollegiate Athletic Fund by Increasing Malt Beverage, Cigarette Taxes—I2 449,797 759,360
6 Indoor Clean Air Law Revisions Banning Public Smoking—I2 430,147 737,779
7 Oregon Scenic Waterway System—I2 added almost 500 miles of protected waterways to the Oregon Scenic Waterways System (which was formed through an initiative passed in 1970, the original Oregon Scenic Waterways Act). The measure passed 663,604 votes to 516,998 votes. The chief petitioners were Ray Atkeson, Harry Lonsdale and Roy Bowden. *663,604 516,998
8 Revokes Ban on Sexual Orientation Discrimination in State Executive Branch—I2 *626,751 561,355

1989

May 16 Special Election

Meas
num
passed?YesNo %Const
Amd
type[7]
Ballot Title - and Notes
1No183,818263,28341.1YesLegEstablishes New Tax Base Limits on Schools

June 27 Special Election

Meas
num
passed?
YesNo %Const
Amd
type[7]
Ballot Title - and Notes
1Yes34050614164970.6YesLegRemoves Constitutional Limitation on Use of Property Forfeited To State
2Yes4461514855890.2YesLegProhibits Selling/Exporting Timber from State Lands Unless Oregon Processed

1990s

1990

May

1990 PRIMARY ELECTION
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.
Type[7] Ballot Title - and Notes
1No29409932445847.5YesLegPermits Using Local Vehicle Taxes for Transit if Voters Approve
2Yes35292224812358.7YesLegAllows Pollution Control Bond Use for Related Activities
3No29466429983149.6YesLegRequires Annual Legislative Sessions of Limited Duration
4No4234474547.2NoLegAmends Laws on Organization of International Port of Coos Bay
5AYes46209014074776.7NoLegAdvisory Vote: Changing the School Finance System
5BNo17796440884230.3NoLegAdvisory Vote: Income Tax Increase Reducing Homeowner School Property Taxes
5CNo12864244972522.2NoLegAdvisory Vote: Income Tax Increase Eliminating Homeowner School Property Taxes
5DNo20236738582034.4NoLegAdvisory Vote: Sales Tax Reducing School Property Taxes
5ENo22261137446637.3NoLegAdvisory Vote: Sales Tax Eliminating School Property Taxes

November

1990 GENERAL ELECTION
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.
Type[7] Ballot Title - and Notes
1Yes51094749117051YesLegGrants Metropolitan Service District Electors Right to Home Rule
2Yes68046335428865.8YesLegAllows Merged School Districts to Combine Tax Bases
3No40637261758639.7N/AREFRepeals Tax Exemption, Grants Additional Benefit Payments for PERS Retirees
4No44679566099240.3NoInitProhibits Trojan Operation Until Nuclear Waste, Cost, Earthquake Standards Met – one of several measures aiming to close Trojan
5Yes57483352202252.4YesInitLimit on Property Taxes for Schools, Government Operations landmark tax law, limited property taxes and moved school funding from local to state control. Follow up measures 47 (1996) and 50 (1997) addressed property taxes as well.
6No46741863680442.3NoInitProduct Packaging Must Meet Recycling Standards or Receive Hardship Waiver
7Yes62474445285358NoInitSix-County Work in Lieu of Welfare Benefits Pilot Program
8No35596374759932.3YesInitProhibit Abortion With Three Exceptions
9Yes59846051287253.9NoInitRequires the Use of Safety Belts
10No53085157780647.9NoInitDoctor Must Give Parent Notice Before MiNor's Abortion
11No35197774186332.2YesInitSchool Choice System, Tax Credit for Education Outside Public Schools

1992

May

1992 PRIMARY ELECTION
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.
Type[7] Ballot Title - and Notes
1No244,173451,71535.1YesLegFuture Fuel Taxes May Go to Police

November

1992 GENERAL ELECTION
Meas.
Num.
Passed?
Yes
votes
No
votes
 %
votes
Const.
Amd.
Type[7]
Ballot Title - and Notes
1No653,062786,01745.4YesLegBonds May be Issued for State Parks
2No399,2591,039,32227.8YesLegFuture Fuel Taxes May Go to Parks
3Yes1,003,706439,69469.5YesInitLimits Terms for Legislature, Statewide Offices, Congressional Offices - established term limits for state and federal elected positions. Federal provisions overturned in 1995, state provisions overturned in 2002.
4No567,467896,77838.8NoInitBans Operation of Triple Truck-Trailer Combinations on Oregon Highways
5No585,051874,63640.1NoInitCloses Trojan Until Nuclear Waste, Cost, Earthquake, Health Conditions Met - Measures 5 and 6, aiming to close Trojan Nuclear Power Plant, defeated; PGE spent $5 million opposing, a record high expenditure Not exceeded until 2007.
6No619,329830,85042.7NoInitBans Trojan Power Operation Unless Earthquake, Waste Storage Conditions Met - see above
7No362,6211,077,20625.2YesInitRaises Tax Limit on Certain Property; Residential Renters' Tax Relief
8No576,633828,09641NoInitRestricts Lower Columbia Fish Harvests to Most Selective Means Available
9No638,527828,29043.5YesInitGovernment Cannot Facilitate, Must Discourage Homosexuality, Other "Behaviors"

1993

June

1993 SPECIAL ELECTION
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
 %
Const.
Amd.
Type[7]
Ballot Title - and Notes
1No180,070482,71427.2NoLegAllows Voter Approval of Urban Renewal Bond Repayment Outside Limit

November

1993 SPECIAL ELECTION
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.
Type[7]
Ballot Title - and Notes
1No240,991721,93025.0NoLegShould We Pass A 5% Sales Tax for Public Schools with these Restrictions?

1994

May

1994 PRIMARY ELECTION
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.
Type[7]
Ballot Title - and Notes
2No15802844666526.1NoLegAllows New Motor Vehicle Fuel Revenues for Dedicated Purposes

November

1994 NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION
Meas.
Num.
Passed?
Yes
votes
No
votes
 %
votes
Const.
Amd.
Type[7]
Ballot Title - and Notes
3Yes77619738212667.0YesLegChanges Deadline for Filling Vacancies at General Election
4Yes105511114549987.9YesLegCreates Vacancy if State Legislator Convicted of Felony
5No54330267102544.7YesInitBars New or Increased Taxes without Voter Approval
6Yes62818055501953.1YesInitCandidates May Use Only Contributions from District Residents (struck down as unconstitutional in Federal court[22])
7No51298067102143.3YesInitGuarantees Equal Protection: Lists Prohibited Grounds of Discrimination
8Yes61176061077650.0YesInitPublic Employees Pay Part of Salary for Pension – required public employees to contribute 6% of their salary to their pension, overturned in 1996 by the courts in Oregon State Police Officers' Ass'n v. State.[23]
9Yes85101432422472.4NoInitAdopts Contribution and Spending Limits, Other Campaign Finance Law Changes. Limited contributions to $100 for legislative candidates, $500 for statewide candidates.[24] Most provisions struck down by Oregon Supreme Court in February 1997.[25]
10Yes76350741567864.7YesInitLegislature Cannot Reduce Voter-Approved Sentence Without 2/3 Vote
11Yes78869541281665.6NoInitMandatory Sentences for Listed Felonies; Covers Persons 15 and Up — established mandatory minimum sentences for certain violent felonies, required adult trials and sentencing for those felonies for defendants over age 15.
12No45055373114638.1NoInitRepeals Prevailing Rate Wage Requirement for Workers on Public Works
13No59274663062848.5YesInitGovernments Cannot Approve, Create Classifications Based on, Homosexuality — also known as the "MiNority Status and Child Protection Act", would have restricted public library access to materials dealing with homosexuality. (see also Oregon Ballot Measure 9 (1992).)
14No50000567993642.4YesInitAmends Chemical Process Mining Laws: Adds Requirements, Prohibitions, Standards, Fees
15No43801876085336.5YesInitState Must Maintain Funding for Schools, Community Colleges
16Yes62798059601851.3NoInitAllows Terminally Ill Adults to Obtain Prescription for Lethal Drugs — legalized doctor-assisted suicide. (aka "Death with Dignity Act")
17Yes85989635054171.0YesInitRequires State Prison Inmates to Work Full Time
18Yes62952758602651.8NoInitBans Hunting Bears with Bait, Hunting Bears, Cougars with Dogs
19No54975465213945.7YesInitNo Free Speech Protection for Obscenity, Child PorNography — would have amended state constitution to exempt obscenity from the state constitution's free speech protections.
20No28419589841624.0YesInitEqual Tax on Trade Replaces Current Taxes

Note: Detailed information about elections from 1995 to the present, including ballot measure text, sponsorship, and arguments for and against, may be found at the Oregon Secretary of State's web site.[26]

1995

May

May 1995 Special Election
Measure results[20]
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type[7] Ballot Title
21 Yes 671,027 99,728 87.06% Yes Leg Dedicates portion of lottery funds to education
22 Yes 709,931 45,311 94.00% Yes Leg Inhabitancy in state legislative districts

1996

May

1996 PRIMARY ELECTION
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.
Type[7] Ballot Title - and Notes
23 Yes 466,580 177,218 72.47% Yes Leg Increases Minimum Value in Controversy Required to Obtain Jury Trial
24 No 279,399 360,592 43.66% Yes Leg Initiative Petition Signatures Must Be Collected From Each Congressional District
25 Yes 349,918 289,930 54.69% Yes Leg Requires 3/5 Majority in Legislature to Pass Revenue-Raising Bills

November

November 5 General Election

1996 GENERAL ELECTION
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.
Type[7] Ballot Title – and Notes
26 Yes 878,677 440,283 66.62% Yes Leg Changes the Principles that Govern Laws for Punishment of Crime
27 No 349,050 938,819 27.1% Yes Leg Grants Legislature New Power Over Both New, Existing Administrative Rules
28 Yes 708,341 593,136 54.43% Yes Leg Repeals Certain Residency Requirements for State Veterans' Loans
29 No 335,057 958,947 25.89% Yes Leg Governor's Appointees Must Vacate Office If Successor Not Timely Confirmed
30 Yes 731,127 566,168 56.36% Yes Leg State Must Pay Local Governments Costs of State-Mandated Programs
31 No 630,980 706,974 47.16% Yes Leg Obscenity May Receive No Greater Protection Than Under Federal Constitution
32 No 622,764 704,970 46.9 No REF Authorizes Bonds for Portland Region Light Rail, Transportation Projects Elsewhere
33 No 638,824 652,811 49.46% Yes Init Limits Legislative Change to Statutes Passed by Voters
34 No 570,803 762,979 42.8% No Init Wildlife Management Exclusive to Commission; Repeals1994 Bear/Cougar Initiative
35 No 441,108 807,987 35.31% No Init Restricts Bases for Providers to Receive Pay for Health Care
36 Yes 769,725 584,303 56.85% No Init Increases Minimum Hourly Wage to $6.50 Over Three Years
37 No 540,645 818,336 39.78% No Init Broadens Types of Beverage Containers Requiring Deposit and Refund Value
38 No 479,921 852,661 36.01% No Init Prohibits Livestock in Certain Polluted Waters or on Adjacent Lands
39 No 569,037 726,824 43.91% Yes Init Government, Private Entities Cannot Discriminate Among Health Care Provider Categories
40 Yes 778,574 544,301 58.85% Yes Init Gives Crime Victims Rights, Expands Admissible Evidence, Limits Pretrial Release – passed, but nullified by the Oregon Supreme Court for affecting multiple portions of the constitution. Spawned multiple measures in 1999.
41 No 446,115 838,088 34.74% Yes Init States How Public Employee Earnings Must Be Expressed
42 No 460,553 857,878 34.93% Yes Init Requires Testing of Public School Students; Public Report
43 No 547,131 707,586 43.61% No Init Amends Collective Bargaining Law for Public Safety Employees
44 Yes 759,048 598,543 55.91% No Init Increases, Adds Cigarette and Tobacco Taxes; Changes Tax Revenue Distribution – increased cigarette tax by 30 cents per pack
45 No 458,238 866,461 34.59% Yes Init Raises Public Employees' Normal Retirement Age; Reduces Benefits
46 No 158,555 1,180,148 11.84% Yes Init Counts Non-Voters As "No" Votes on Tax Measures
47 Yes 704,554 642,613 52.3% Yes Init Reduces and Limits Property Taxes; Limits Local Revenues, Replacement Fees – limited property taxes, required double-majority for some local tax increases.
48 No 624,771 671,095 48.21% Yes Init Instructs State, Federal Legislators to Vote for Congressional Term Limits

1997

May

1997 SPECIAL ELECTION
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const.
Amd.
Type
[7]
Ballot Title – and Notes
49 Yes 699,813 70,940 90.8% Yes Leg Restricts Inmate Lawsuits; Allows Interstate Shipment of Prison Made Products
50 Yes 429,943 341,781 55.71% Yes Leg Limits Assessed Value of Property for Tax Purposes; Limits Property Tax Rates – replaced Measure 47 (1996)

November

1997 GENERAL ELECTION
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
 %
Yes
Const
Amd.
Type
[7]
Ballot Title – and Notes
51 No 445,830 666,275 40.09% No Leg Repeals Law Allowing Terminally Ill Adults To Obtain Lethal Prescription – would have repealed Oregon Death with Dignity Act
52 Yes 805,742 293,425 73.3% No Leg Authorizes State Lottery Bond Program To Finance Public School Projects

1998

May

1998 PRIMARY ELECTION
Detailed information on measures[27] and official results[28] available from the Oregon Secretary of State's office.
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type[7]
Ballot Title
53 No 303,539 319,871 48.69% Yes Leg Eliminates Voter TurNout Requirement For Passing Certain Property Tax Measures.[29]Would have eliminated double majority requirement established by Measures 47 and 50.

November

1998 GENERAL ELECTION
Detailed information on measures[30] and official results[31] available from the Oregon Secretary of State's office.
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type[7]
Ballot Title
54 Yes 569,982 474,727 54.56% Yes Leg Authorizes State To Guarantee Bonded Indebtedness Of Certain Education Districts.[32]
55 No 456,464 579,251 44.07% Yes Leg Permits State To Guarantee Earnings On Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund.[33]
56 Yes 874,547 212,737 80.43% No Leg Expands Notice To Landowners Regarding Changes To Land Use Laws.[34]
57 No 371,967 736,968 33.54% No REF Makes Possession Of Limited Amount Of Marijuana Class C MisdemeaNor.[35]
58 Yes 621,832 462,084 57.37% No Init Requires Issuing Copy Of Original Oregon Birth Certificate to Adoptees.[36]Allowed adoptees access to original births certificates (and hence, previously secret information about their birth parents).
59 No 539,757 561,952 48.99% Yes Init Prohibits Using Public Resources To Collect Money For Political Purposes.[37]
60 Yes 757,204 334,021 69.39% No Init Requires Vote By Mail In Biennial Primary, General Elections.[38]
61 No


No Init Changes Minimum Sentences for Listed Crimes, Including Certain Repeat Offenses.[39] "Vote Not tallied by court order."
62 Yes 721,448 347,112 67.52% Yes Init Requires Campaign Finance Disclosures; Regulates Signature Gathering; Guarantees Contribution Methods.[40]
63 Yes 566,064 457,762 67.52% Yes Init Measures Proposing Supermajority Voting Requirements Require Same Supermajority For Passage.[41]
64 No 215,491 897,535 19.36% No Init Prohibits Many Present Timber Harvest Practices, Imposes More Restrictive Regulations.[42]
65 No 483,811 533,948 47.54% Yes Init Creates Process For Requiring Legislature To Review Administrative Rules.[43] Sought to restrict Legislature's ability to regulate land use.
66 Yes 742,038 362,247 67.20% Yes Init Dedicates Some Lottery Funding To Parks, Beaches; Habitat, Watershed Protection.[44]
67 Yes 611,190 508,263 54.60% No Init Allows Medical Use Of Marijuana Within Limits; Establishes Permit System.[45] Legalized medical marijuana.

1999

November

1999 SPECIAL ELECTION
Detailed information on measures[46] and official results[47] available from the Oregon Secretary of State's office.
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type[7]
Ballot Title
68 Yes 406,526 289,407 58.41% Yes Leg Allows Protecting Business, Certain Government Programs From Prison Work Programs.[48]
69 Yes 406,393 292,419 58.15% Yes Leg Grants Victims Constitutional Rights In Criminal Prosecutions, Juvenile Court Delinquency Proceedings.[49]
70 No 289,783 407,429 41.56% Yes Leg Gives Public, Through Prosecutor, Right To Demand Jury Trial In Criminal Cases.[50]
71 Yes 404,404 292,696 58.01% Yes Leg Limits Pretrial Release Of Accused Person To Protect Victims, Public.[51]
72 No 316,351 382,685 45.26% Yes Leg Allows Murder Conviction By 11 To 1 Jury Verdict.[52]
73 No 320,160 369,843 46.40% Yes Leg Limits Immunity From Criminal Prosecution Of Person Ordered To Testify About His Or Her Conduct.[53]
74 Yes 368,899 325,078 53.16% Yes Leg Requires Terms Of Imprisonment Announced In Court Be Fully Served, With Exceptions.[54]
75 Yes 399,671 292,445 57.75% Yes Leg Persons Convicted Of Certain Crimes Cannot Serve On Grand Juries, Criminal Trial Juries.[55]
76 Yes 372,613 314,351 54.24% Yes Leg Requires Light, Heavy Motor Vehicle Classes Proportionately Share Highway Costs.[56]

2000s

2000

May

2000 PRIMARY ELECTION
Detailed information about Measures 77-82[57] and election results[58] available at the Secretary of State's website.
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type Ballot Title
77 No 336,253 432,541 43.74% Yes Leg Makes Certain Local Taxing Districts' Temporary Property Tax Authority Permanent
78 Yes 528,129 327,440 61.73% Yes Leg Lengthens Period For Verifying Signatures On Initiative And Referendum Petitions
79 No 356,912 505,081 41.41% Yes Leg Increases Signatures Required To Place Initiative Amending Constitution On Ballot
80 No 310,640 559,941 35.68% Yes Leg Authorizes Using Fuel Tax, Vehicle Fees For Increasing Highway Policing
81 No 219,009 650,348 25.19% Yes Leg Allows Legislature To Limit Recovery Of Damages In Civil Actions
82 No 109,741 767,329 12.51% No REF Repeals Truck Weight—Mile Tax; Establishes And Increases Fuel Taxes

November

2000 GENERAL ELECTION
Detailed information about Measures 83-99 and 1-9[59] and election results[60] available at the Secretary of State's web site.
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type Ballot Title
83 Yes 1,084,870 365,203 74.81% Yes Leg Authorizes New Standards, Priorities For Veterans' Loans; Expands Qualified Recipients
84 Yes 1,211,384 222,723 84.47% Yes Leg State Must Continue Paying Local Governments For State—Mandated Programs
85 No 634,307 767,366 45.25% Yes Leg Modifies Population, Minimum Area Requirements For Formation Of New Counties
86 Yes 898,793 550,304 62.02% Yes Leg Requires Refunding General Fund Revenues Exceeding State Estimates To Taxpayers - mandated kicker checks in the state Constitution. (Previous kicker law was a statute.) explanation of measure, page 17 of Voters' Pamphlet
87 No 694,410 771,901 47.36% Yes Leg Allows Regulation Of Location Of sexually oriented businesses Through Zoning
88 Yes 739,270 724,097 50.52% No Leg Increases Maximum Deductible In Oregon For Federal Income Taxes Paid
89 No 622,814 828,117 42.93% No Leg Dedicates Tobacco Settlement Proceeds To Specified Health, Housing, Transportation Programs
90 No 158,810 1,208,545 11.61% No REF Authorizes Rates Giving Utilities Return On Investments In Retired Property
91 No 661,342 814,885 44.80% Yes Init Makes Federal Income Taxes Fully Deductible On Oregon Tax Returns
92 No 656,250 815,338 44.59% Yes Init Prohibits Payroll Deductions For Political Purposes Without Specific Written Authorization
93 No 581,186 865,091 40.18% Yes Init Voters Must Approve Most Taxes, Fees; Requires Certain Approval Percentage
94 No 387,068 1,073,275 26.51% No Init Repeals Mandatory Minimum Sentences For Certain Felonies, Requires Resentencing - would have repealed 1994's Measure 11.
95 No 514,926 962,250 34.86% Yes Init Student Learning Determines Teacher Pay; Qualifications, Not Seniority, Determine Retention
96 No 527,613 866,588 37.84% Yes Init Prohibits Making Initiative Process Harder, Except Through Initiative; Applies Retroactively
97 No 606,939 867,219 41.17% No Init Bans Body—Gripping Animal Traps, Some Poisons; Restricts Fur Commerce
98 No 678,024 776,489 46.61% Yes Init Prohibits Using Public Resources For Political Purposes; Limits Payroll Deductions
99 Yes 911,217 539,414 62.82% Yes Init Creates Commission Ensuring Quality Home Care Services For Elderly, Disabled
1 Yes 940,223 477,461 66.32% Yes Init Legislature Must Fund School Quality Goals Adequately; Report; Establish Grants
2 No 605,575 779,190 43.73% Yes Init Creates Process For Requiring Legislature To Review Administrative Rules - sought to restrict Legislature's ability to regulate land use
3 Yes 952,792 465,081 67.20% Yes Init Requires Conviction Before Forfeiture; Restricts Proceeds Usage; Requires Reporting, Penalty. prohibited forfeiture without conviction.
4 No 650,850 789,543 45.19% No Init Dedicates Tobacco-Settlement Proceeds; Earnings Fund Low-Income Health Care
5 Yes 921,926 569,996 61.79% No Init Expands Circumstances Requiring Background Checks Before Transfer Of Firearm
6 No 586,910 838,011 41.19% No Init Provides Public Funding To Candidates Who Limit Spending, Private Contributions
7 Yes Not published 53%[61] Yes Init Requires Payment To Landowner If Government Regulation Reduces Property Value. precursor to Oregon Ballot Measure 37 (2004); restricted land use regulation, but was struck down by the Oregon Supreme Court.[62]
8 No 608,090 789,699 43.50% Yes Init Limits State Appropriations To Percentage Of State's Prior Personal Income. would have capped state spending
9 No 702,572 788,691 47.11% No Init Prohibits Public School Instruction Encouraging, Promoting, Sanctioning Homosexual, Bisexual Behaviors. would have prohibited "encouragement" of homosexuality by public schools.

2002

May

2002 PRIMARY ELECTION
Detailed information for 2002 Primary measures (10, 11, and 13)[63] and official results[64] available from the Oregon Secretary of State's office.
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type Ballot Title
10 Yes 608,640 177,004 77.47% Yes Leg Allows Public Universities to Receive Equity in Private Companies as Compensation for Publicly Created TechNology
11 Yes 589,869 190,226 75.62% Yes Leg Authorizes Less Expensive General Obligation Bond financing for OHSU Medical Research and other Capital Costs
12 — Scaled-down version of Measure 13 referred by Legislature. Removed from ballot per a Marion County judge's order.[65]
13 No 376,605 411,923 47.76% Yes Leg Authorizes Using Education Fund Principal In Specified Circumstances; Transfers $220 Million to School Fund - Referred to as "rainy day fund" in media.[65]

September

2002 SPECIAL ELECTION
Detailed information for measures[66] and official results[64] available from the Oregon Secretary of State's office.
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type Ballot Title
19 Yes 496,815 306,440 61.85% Yes Leg Authorizes Using Education Stability Fund Principal in Specified Circumstances; Transfers $150 to State School Fund; Creates School Capital Matching Matching Subaccount in Stability Funding - similar to Measure 13, but transferred less money.
20 Yes 522,613 289,119 64.38% No Leg Increases Cigarette Tax; Uses Revenue for Health Plan, Other Programs

November

General Election: Detailed information on Measures 14-18 and 21–27,[67] and official election results[68] available at the Secretary of State's web site.

2002 GENERAL ELECTION
Detailed information on measures[69] and official election results[68] available at the Secretary of State's web site.
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type Ballot Title
14 Yes 867,901 352,027 71.14% Yes Leg Removes Historical Racial References in Obsolete Sections of Constitution, Article VII (Original), Article XVIII
15 Yes 671,640 535,638 55.63% Yes Leg Authorizes State to Issue General Obligation Bonds for Seismic Rehabilitation of Public Education Buildings (Defined)
16 Yes 669,451 530,587 55.79% Yes Leg Authorizes State to Issue General Obligation Bonds for Seismic Rehabilitation of Emergency Services Buildings (Defined)
17 No 341,717 910,331 27.29% Yes Leg Reduces Minimum Age Requirement to Serve as State Legislator from 21 Years to 18 Years
18 No 450,444 704,116 39.01% Yes Leg Allows Certain Tax Districts to Establish Permanent Property Tax Rates and Divide into Tax Zones
21 No 526,450 668,256 44.07% Yes Init Revises Procedure for Filling Judicial Vacancies, Electing Judges; Allows Vote for "None of the Above"
22 No 595,936 610,063 49.41% Yes Init Requires Supreme Court Judges and Court of Appeals Judges to be Elected by District
23 No 265,310 969,537 21.49% No Init Creates Health Care Finance Plan for Medically Necessary Services; Creates Additional Income, Payroll Taxes - would have established universal health care in Oregon.
24 Yes 907,979 286,492 76.02% No Init Allows Licensed Denturists to Install Partial Dentures; Authorizes Cooperative Dentist—Denturist Business Ventures
25 Yes 645,016 611,658 51.33% No Init Increases Oregon Minimum Wage to $6.95 in 2003; Increases for Inflation in Future Years - tied it to the consumer price index.
26 Yes 921,606 301,415 75.35% Yes Init Prohibits Payment, Receipts of Payment Based on the Number of Initiative, Referendum Signatures
27 No 371,851 886,806 29.54% No Leg Requires Labeling of Genetically engineered Foods (as Defined) Sold or Distributed in or from Oregon. Opponents spent $5.5 million, tying an Oregon spending record.[70]

2003

January

2003 JANUARY SPECIAL ELECTION
Detailed information on Measure 28[71] and election results[72] at the Oregon Secretary of State's site.
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type[7] Ballot Title - and Notes
28 No 575,846 676,312 45.99% No Leg Temporarily Increases Income Tax Rates - would have created a temporary (3-year) 1% income tax increase to balance state budgets.

September

2003 SEPTEMBER SPECIAL ELECTION
Detailed information on Measure 29[73] and election results[74] at the Oregon Secretary of State's site.
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type[7] Ballot Title
29 Yes 360,209 291,778 55.25% Yes Leg Authorizes State of Oregon to Incur General Obligation Debt for Savings on Pension Liabilities.

2004

February

2004 SPECIAL ELECTION
Detailed information on Measure 30[75] and official results[76] available from the Oregon Secretary of State.
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type Ballot Title
30 No 481,315 691,462 41.04% No REF Enacts Temporary Personal Income Tax Surcharge; Increases, Changes Corporate, Other Taxes; Avoids Specific Budget Cuts.

November

In the fall election, Measure 36 (outlawing gay marriage) dominated public attention: 81,667 (or 4.7%) more votes were cast on Measure 36 than the average of all other measures on the ballot. Measure 37 (restricting land use regulation) was contentious before the election, and became more controversial after the fact, as state and local governments attempted to implement it.

Two other measures passed in 2004, both referred by the Legislature for the general election, and neither one drawing any opposition in the Voters' Pamphlet. Measure 31 made it possible to postpone certain elections in the event of a candidate's death, and Measure 32 changed the way revenue from mobile home taxes is handled.[77]

2004 GENERAL ELECTION
Detailed information about the measures[78][79] and official results[80] available from the Oregon Secretary of State.
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type Ballot Title
31 Yes 1,122,852 588,502 65.61% Yes Leg Authorizes Law Permitting Postponement of Election for Particular Public Office when Nominee for Office Dies.
32 Yes 1,048,090 661,576 61.30% Yes Leg Deletes Reference to Mobile Homes from Provision Dealing with Taxes and Fees on Motor Vehicles.
33 No 764,015 1,021,814 42.78% No Init Amends Medical Marijuana Act: Requires Dispensaries for Supplying Patients/Caregivers; Raises Patients' Possession Limit.
34 No 659,467 1,060,496 38.34% No Init Requires Balancing Timber Production, Resource Conservation/Preservation in Managing State Forests; Specifically Addresses Two Forests.
35 No 869,054 896,857 49.21% Yes Init Limits Noneconomic Damages (defined) Recoverable for Patient Injuries Caused by Healthcare Provider's Negligence or Recklessness.
36 Yes 1,028,546 787,556 56.63% Yes Init Only Marriage Between One Man and One Woman is Valid or Legally Recognized as Marriage.
37 Yes 1,054,589 685,079 60.62% No Init Governments Must Pay Owners, or Forgo Enforcement, When Certain Land Use Restrictions Reduce Property Value.
38 No 670,935 1,037,722 39.27% No Init Abolishes SAIF; State Must Reinsure, Satisfy SAIF's Obligations; Dedicates Proceeds, Potential Surplus to Public Purposes.

2006

In 2006, voters considered 11 statewide ballot measures. All were placed on the ballot by initiative.

Nearly all the measures were defeated. Measures extending prescription drug pricing benefits (Measure 44) and restricting the government's power of eminent domain (39) were the only ones that passed without qualification; a campaign finance reform system (47) passed as well, but a companion measure (46) that would have provided necessary constitutional support for it failed.[81]

Out-of-state interests spent millions of dollars supporting—and in one significant case, opposing—Oregon ballot measures. None of these big-money measures passed; in fact, Measures 39 and 44 passed without drawing any organized opposition.[82]

Unsuccessful measures

Measures 41 and 48 aimed to restrict the amount of money the State government could raise and spend, respectively. They were both mostly funded by the Taxpayers Association of Oregon, which in turn received nearly all its funding from IlliNois-based Americans for Limited Government. Opposition to these two measures was paired as well, spending $1.9 million to defeat the two measures.[82]

Measure 42 was promoted by conservative ballot measure activist Bill Sizemore. Sizemore broke with his custom by promoting a consumer-oriented bill, which would have outlawed the use of credit data in determining insurance premiums. Opponents of the measure spent over $3.7 million (nearly all of which came from out of state), defeating the measure. Their advertising focused heavily on Sizemore's credibility. Sizemore did not run an active campaign promoting the measure. He and his longtime political ally Loren Parks were the only people to submit arguments in favor for the Voters' Guide.[83]

Measure 45, almost entirely financed by $1.2 million from IlliNois-based U.S. Term Limits, would have established strict term limits in the Oregon Legislative Assembly. Term limits had previously been in place in the late 1990s, but the prior law was declared unconstitutional by the Oregon Supreme Court. The measure failed.

Measures 46 and 47 were presented as a single package; 46 would have amended the Constitution to allow limitations on campaign financing (heavily favoring popular vote, and requiring a 75% vote for such changes in the Legislature); and 47 detailed specific limitations. Measure 47 passed, but in the absence of the kind of Constitutional support Measure 46 would have provided, it will have No effect. The campaigns both for and against this package were funded almost entirely from Oregon sources.

Measure 40 sought to require that judges of the Oregon Supreme Court be elected by district, rather than statewide.

Measure 43 sought to require parental Notification in the event of certain teenage abortions. (Two measures restricting abortion were also rejected in the 1990 general election.)

Successful measures

Measure 39, described by its proponents as a natural extension of 2004's Measure 37, restricted the governments powers of eminent domain. Measure 44 extended a state prescription drug benefit, previously only available to seniors, to cover all uninsured Oregonians.

2006 GENERAL ELECTION
Detailed information on measures[84] and official results[85] available from the Oregon Secretary of State.
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type[7] Ballot Title
39 Yes 881,820 431,844 67.13% No Init Prohibits Public Body from Condemning Private Real Property if Intends to Convey to Private Party - Restrict the use of Eminent Domain
40 No 576,153 749,404 43.46% Yes Init Requires Oregon Supreme Court Judges and Court of Appeals Judges to be Elected by District.
41 No 483,443 818,452 37.13% No Init Allows Income Tax Deduction Equal to Federal Exemptions Deduction to Substitute for State Exemption Credit
42 No 479,935 876,075 35.39% No Init Prohibits Insurance Companies from Using Credit Score or "Credit Worthiness" in Calculating Rates or Premiums.
43 No 616,876 746,606 45.24% No Init Requires 48-Hour Notice to Unemancipated MiNor's Parent Before Providing Abortion; Authorizes Lawsuits, Physician Discipline.
44 Yes 1,049,594 296,649 77.96% No Init Allows Any Oregon Resident Without Prescription Drug Coverage to Participate in Oregon Prescription Drug Program.
45 No 555,016 788,895 41.30% Yes Init Limits State Legislators: Six Years as Representative, Eight Years as Senator, Fourteen Years in Legislature.
46 No 520,342 770,251 40.32% Yes Init Allows Laws Regulating Election Contributions, Expenditures Adopted by Initiative or 3/4 of Both Legislative Houses
47[86] Yes 694,918 615,256 53.04% No Init Revises Campaign Finance Laws: Limits or Prohibits Contributions and Expenditures; Adds Disclosure, New Reporting Requirements.
48 No 379,971 923,629 29.15% Yes Init Limits Biennial Percentage Increase in State Spending to Percentage Increase in State Population, Plus Inflation.

2007

In 2007, voters considered 2 statewide ballot measures.

2007 SPECIAL ELECTION
Detailed information on measures[87] available from the Oregon Secretary of State.
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type[7] Ballot Title
49 Yes 718,023 437,351 62.15% No Leg Modifies Measure 37; clarifies right to build homes; limits large developments; protects farms, forest, groundwater.
50 No 472,063 686,470 40.75% Yes Leg Dedicates funds to provide healthcare for children, fund tobacco prevention, through increased tobacco tax.

2008

May

Three measures (51, 52, and 53), all legislative referrals and all constitutional amendments, were on the May 2008 primary ballot. All three passed; the first two by wide margins, and Measure 53 by a margin so narrow that it triggered an automatic recount.[88]

2008 PRIMARY ELECTION
Detailed information on measures[89] and official results[88] available from the Oregon Secretary of State.
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type[7] Ballot Title
51 Yes 744,195 249,143 74.92% Yes Leg Enables crime victims to enforce existing constitutional rights in prosecutions, delinquency proceedings; authorizes implementing legislation.[90]
52 Yes 738,092 247,738 74.87% Yes Leg Enables crime victims to enforce existing constitutional rights in prosecutions, delinquency proceedings; authorizes implementing legislation.[91]
53 Yes 489,592 489,042 50.03% Yes Leg Modifies provisions governing civil forfeitures related to crimes; permits use of proceeds by law enforcement.[92]

November

In November 2008, voters considered eight initiatives and four legislative referrals.[93] The four referrals all passed, and the initiatives all failed.

2008 GENERAL ELECTION
Detailed information on measures[84] and official results[85] available from the Oregon Secretary of State.
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type[7] Ballot Title
54 Yes 1,194,173 450,979 72.59% Yes Leg Standardizes voting eligibility for school board elections with other state and local elections
55 Yes 1,251,478 364,993 77.42% Yes Leg Changes operative date of redistricting plans; allows affected legislators to finish term in original district
56 Yes 959,118 735,500 56.60% Yes Leg Provides that May and November property tax elections are decided by majority of voters voting
57 Yes 1,058,955 665,942 61.39% No Leg Increases sentences for drug trafficking, theft against elderly and specified repeat property and identity theft crimes; requires addiction treatment for certain offenders.
58 No 756,903 977,696 43.64% No Init Prohibits teaching public school student in language other than English for more than two years
59 No 615,894 1,084,422 36.22% No Init Creates an unlimited deduction for federal income taxes on individual taxpayers' Oregon income-tax returns
60 No 673,296 1,070,682 38.61% No Init Teacher "classroom performance," not seniority, determines pay raises; "most qualified" teachers retained, regardless of seniority
61 No 848,901 887,165 48.90% No Init Creates mandatory minimum prison sentences for certain theft, identity theft, forgery, drug, and burglary crimes
62 No 674,428 1,035,756 39.44% Yes Init Allocates 15% of lottery proceeds to public safety fund for crime prevention, investigation, prosecution
63 No 784,376 928,721 45.79% No Init Exempts specified property owners from building permit requirements for improvements valued at/under 35,000 dollars
64 No 835,563 854,327 49.44% No Init Penalizes person, entity for using funds collected with "public resource" (defined) for "political purpose" (defined)
65 No 553,640 1,070,580 34.09% No Init Changes general election Nomination processes for major/miNor party, independent candidates for most partisan offices

2010s

2010

January

2010 SPECIAL ELECTION
Detailed information on measures[94] and official results[95] available from the Oregon Secretary of State.
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
type[7] Ballot Title
66 Yes 692,687 583,707 54.27% No REF Raises tax on household income at and above $250,000 (and $125,000 for individual filers). Reduces income taxes on unemployment benefits in 2009. Provides funds currently budgeted for education, health care, public safety, other services.[96]
67 Yes 682,720 591,188 53.59% No REF Raises $10 corporate minimum tax, business minimum tax, corporate profits tax. Provides funds currently budgeted for education, health care, public safety, other services.[97]

May

2010 PRIMARY ELECTION
Detailed information on measures[98] and official results[99] available from the Oregon Secretary of State.
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type[7] Ballot Title
68 Yes 498,073 267,052 65.10% Yes Leg Allows state to issue bonds to match voter approved school district bonds for school capital costs.[100]
69 Yes 546,649 216,157 71.66% Yes Leg Continues and modernizes authority for lowest cost borrowing for community colleges and public universities.[101]

November

2010 GENERAL ELECTION
Detailed information on measures[102] and official results[103] available from the Oregon Secretary of State.
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type[7] Ballot Title
70 Yes 1,180,933 217,679 84.44% Yes Leg Expands availability of home ownership loans for Oregon veterans through Oregon War Veterans' Fund.[104]
71 Yes 919,040 435,776 67.84% Yes Leg Requires legislature to meet annually; limits length of legislative sessions; provides exceptions.[105]
72 Yes 774,582 536,204 59.09% Yes Leg Authorizes exception to $50,000 state borrowing limit for state's real and personal property projects.[106]
73 Yes 802,388 608,317 56.88% No Init Requires increased minimum sentences for certain repeated sex crimes, incarceration for repeated driving under influence.[107]
74 No 627,016 791,186 44.21% No Init Establishes medical marijuana supply system and assistance and research programs; allows limited selling of marijuana.[108]
75 No 448,162 959,342 31.84% No Init Authorizes Multnomah County casino; casino to contribute monthly revenue percentage to state for specified purposes.[109]
76 Yes 972,825 583,707 69.22% Yes Init Continues lottery funding for parks, beaches, wildlife habitat, watershed protection beyond 2014; modifies funding process.[110]

2012

November

2012 GENERAL ELECTION
Detailed information on measures[111] and official results[112] available from the Oregon Secretary of State.
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type[7] Ballot Title
77 Yes 957,646 673,468 58.71% Yes Leg Governor may declare "catastrophic disaster" (defined); requires legislative session; authorizes suspending specified constitutional spending restrictions.[113]
78 Yes 1,165,963 458,509 71.77% Yes Leg Changes constitutional language describing governmental system of separation of powers; makes grammatical and spelling changes.[114]
79 Yes 976,587 679,710 58.96% Yes Init Prohibits real estate transfer taxes, fees, other assessments, except those operative on December 31, 2009.[115]
80 No 810,538 923,071 46.75% No Init Allows personal marijuana, hemp cultivation/use without license; commission to regulate commercial marijuana cultivation/sale.[116]
81 No 567,996 1,072,614 34.62% No Init Prohibits commercial non-tribal fishing with gillnets in Oregon "inland waters," allows use of seine nets.[117]
82 No 485,240 1,226,331 28.35% Yes Init Authorizes establishment of privately owned casinos; mandates percentage of revenues payable to dedicated state fund.[118]
83 No 500,123 1,207,508 29.29% No Init Authorizes privately owned Wood Village casino; mandates percentage of revenues payable to dedicated state fund.[119]
84 No 776,143 912,541 45.96% No Init Phases out existing inheritance taxes on large estates, and all taxes on intra-family property transfers.[120]
85 Yes 1,007,112 672,586 59.96% Yes Init Allocates corporate income/excise tax "kicker" refund to additionally fund K through 12 public education.[121]

2014

November

2014 GENERAL ELECTION
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type[7] Ballot Title
86 No 614,439 821,596 42.79% Yes LRCA Amends Constitution: Requires creation of fund for Oregonians pursuing post-secondary education, authorizes state indebtedness to finance fund
87 Yes 817,709 600,015 57.68% Yes LRCA Amends Constitution: Permits employment of state judges by National Guard (military service) and state public universities (teaching)
88 No 506,751 983,576 34.00% No VR Provides Oregon resident "driver card" without requiring proof of legal presence in the United States
89 Yes 925,892 514,907 64.26% Yes CICA Amends Constitution: State/political subdivision shall not deny or abridge equality of rights on account of sex
90 No 459,629 987,050 31.77% No CISS Changes general election Nomination processes: provides for single primary ballot listing candidates; top two advance
91 Yes 847,865 663,346 56.11% No CISS Allows possession, manufacture, sale of marijuana by/to adults, subject to state licensing, regulation, taxation
92 No 752,737 753,574 49.97% No Requires food manufacturers, retailers to label "genetically engineered" foods as such; state, citizens may enforce

2016

November

2016 GENERAL ELECTION
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type[7] Ballot Title
94 No 699,689 1,194,167 36.95% Yes LRCA Amends Constitution: Eliminates mandatory retirement age for state judges
95 Yes 1,301,183 546,919 70.41% Yes LRCA Amends Constitution: Allows investments in equities by public universities to reduce financial risk and increase investments to benefit students
96 Yes 1,611,367 312,526 83.76% Yes LRCA Amends Constitution: Dedicates 1.5% of state lottery net proceeds to funding support services for Oregon veterans
97 No 808,310 1,164,658 40.97% No CISS Increases corporate minimum tax when sales exceed $25 million; funds education, healthcare, senior services
98 Yes 1,260,163 650,347 65.96% No CISS Requires state funding for dropout-prevention, career and college readiness programs in Oregon high schools
99 Yes 1,287,095 630,735 67.11% No CISS Creates "Outdoor School Education Fund," continuously funded through Lottery, to provide outdoor school programs statewide
100 Yes 1,306,213 574,631 69.45% No CISS Prohibits purchase or sale of parts or products from certain wildlife species; exceptions; civil penalties

2018

January

2018 SPECIAL ELECTION
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type[7] Ballot Title
101 Yes 657,117 408,387 61.68% No VR Approves temporary assessments to fund health care for low-income individuals and families, and to stabilize health insurance premiums. Temporary assessments on insurance companies, some hospitals, and other providers of insurance or health care coverage. Insurers may not increase rates on health insurance premiums by more than 1.5 percent as a result of these assessments

November

2018 GENERAL ELECTION
Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type[7] Ballot Title
102 Yes 1,037,922 786,225 56.90% Yes LRCA Amends Constitution: Allows local bonds for financing affordable housing with nongovernmental entities. Requires voter approval, annual audits[122]
103 No 791,687 1,062,752 42.69% Yes CICA Amends Constitution: Prohibits taxes/fees based on transactions for "groceries" (defined) enacted or amended after September 2017[122]
104 No 631,211 1,182,023 34.81% Yes CICA Amends Constitution: Expands (beyond taxes) application of requirement that

three-fifths legislative majority approve bills raising revenue[122]

105 No 675,389 1,172,774 36.54% No CISS Repeals law limiting use of state/local law enforcement resources to enforce federal immigration laws[122]
106 No 658,793 1,195,718 35.52% Yes CICA Amends Constitution: Prohibits spending "public funds" (defined)

directly/indirectly for "abortion" (defined); exceptions; reduces abortion access[122]

2020s

2020

Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type[7] Ballot Title
107 Yes 1,763,276 488,413 78.31% Yes Leg Oregon Campaign Finance Limits Amendment[123]
108 Yes 1,535,866 779,311 66.34% No Leg Tobacco and E-Cigarette Tax Increase for Health Programs Measure[123]
109 Yes 1,270,057 1,008,119 55.75% No Init Psilocybin Program Initiative[123]
110 Yes 1,333,268 947,313 58.46% No Init Drug Decriminalization and Addiction Treatment Initiative[123]

2022

Meas.
Num.
Passed? Yes
votes
No
votes
%
Yes
Const.
Amd.?
Type[7] Ballot Title
111 Yes 893,955 870,690 50.74% Yes Leg Right to Healthcare Amendment
112 Yes 985,704 784,937 55.64% Yes Leg Remove Slavery as Punishment for Crime from Constitution Amendment
113 Yes 1,215,366 563,377 68.32% Yes Init Exclusion from Re-election for Legislative Absenteeism Initiative
114 Yes 922,602 889,357 50.71% No Init Changes to Firearm Ownership and Purchase Requirements Initiative

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