List of Oregon ballot measures
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{{TOCright}}The following is a partial '''list of Oregon ballot measures'''. (The list is complete from 1996 to the present.)
In [[Oregon]], the [[initiative]] and [[referendum]] process dates back to [[1902]], when the efforts of the [[Direct Legislation League]] prompted Oregon to amend its [[Oregon Constitution|Constitution]] for the first time since 1859. The process of initiative and referendum became nationally known as the ''Oregon System''.<ref>[http://bluebook.state.or.us/cultural/history/history23.htm Oregon Blue Book: Oregon History: The Oregon System<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name="OBB Initiative">{{cite web | title = Initiative, Referendum and Recall Introduction | work = Oregon Blue Book | publisher = Salem, Oregon: Oregon Secretary of State | date = 2006 | url = http://bluebook.state.or.us/state/elections/elections09.htm | accessdate = 2007-03-07}}</ref>
There are three types of [[ballot measures]] that may appear on statewide ballots: 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 8% of recent voters to qualify for the ballot; statutory reforms require 6%.
; 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 4% of recent voters to qualify for the ballot.
; referral: The Legislative Assembly may refer any bill it passes to the public for approval, and 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 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,<ref>[http://bluebook.state.or.us/state/constitution/constitution04.htm Article IV of the Oregon Constitution], from the [[Oregon Blue Book]].</ref> and Chapter 250 of the [[Oregon Revised Statutes]] relates to initiative and referendum as well.<ref>[http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/250.html Chapter 250 — Initiative and Referendum<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
The [[Oregon Blue Book]], produced by the Oregon government, maintains a list similar to this one,<ref>[http://bluebook.state.or.us/state/elections/elections06.htm Oregon Election History: Initiative, Referendum, and Recall]. Oregon Blue Book (2006.)</ref> which is a more complete list than this (though this list, in some cases, contains more detail about the measures.)
In the lists below, (C) indicates that a measure proposed to amend the [[Constitution of Oregon]].
== Early measures ==
=== 1908 ===
* 13 — established power to [[Recall election|recall public officials]] by ballot initiative, passed 58,381-31,002.
=== 1922 ===
* 6 — amended a statute requiring children between eight and sixteen to attend [[Public education|public school]], to eliminate an exemption for private school students; the measure passed 115,506 to 103,685, but was invalidated by the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] in ''[[Pierce v. Society of Sisters]]'' (1925).
=== 1972 ===
* 7 — Repealed Governors Retirement Act that was created through House Bill 1728 in 1971 that provided lifetime pensions for [[List of Governors of Oregon|Oregon Governors]] who served at least two years. The measure passed with little objection.
=== 1980 ===
* Measure banning construction of new nuclear power plants passed by a strong margin.
=== 1986 ===
* Measure aiming to close [[Trojan Nuclear Power Plant]] defeated.
=== 1988 ===
* [[Oregon Ballot Measure 7 (1988)|7]] — 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.
=== 1989 ===
'''May 16 Special Election'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Meas<br />num || passed? || Yes || No || % || Const<br />Amd || type<ref name="type"/><br /> || Ballot Title - ''and notes''
|-
| 1 || NO || 183,818 || 263,283 || 41.1 || YES || LEG || Establishes New Tax Base Limits on Schools
|-
|}
'''June 27 Special Election'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Meas<br />num || passed?<br /> || Yes || No || % || Const<br />Amd || type<ref name="type"/><br /> || Ballot Title - ''and notes''
|-
| 1 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 340506 || 141649 || 70.6 || YES || LEG || Removes Constitutional Limitation on Use of Property Forfeited To State
|-
| 2 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 446151 || 48558 || 90.2 || YES || LEG || Prohibits Selling/Exporting Timber from State Lands Unless Oregon Processed
|}
== 1990s ==
=== 1990 ===
'''May 15 Primary Election'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Meas<br />num || passed?<br /> || Yes || No || % || Const<br />Amd || type<ref name="type"/><br /> || Ballot Title - ''and notes''
|-
| 1 || NO || 294099 || 324458 || 47.5 || YES || LEG || Permits Using Local Vehicle Taxes for Transit if Voters Approve
|-
| 2 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 352922 || 248123 || 58.7 || YES || LEG || Allows Pollution Control Bond Use for Related Activities
|-
| 3 || NO || 294664 || 299831 || 49.6 || YES || LEG || Requires Annual Legislative Sessions of Limited Duration
|-
| 4 || NO || 4234 || 4745 || 47.2 || NO || LEG || Amends Laws on Organization of International Port of Coos Bay
|-
| 5A || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 462090 || 140747 || 76.7 || NO || LEG || Advisory Vote: Changing the School Finance System
|-
| 5B || NO || 177964 || 408842 || 30.3 || NO || LEG || Advisory Vote: Income Tax Increase Reducing Homeowner School Property Taxes
|-
| 5C || NO || 128642 || 449725 || 22.2 || NO || LEG || Advisory Vote: Income Tax Increase Eliminating Homeowner School Property Taxes
|-
| 5D || NO || 202367 || 385820 || 34.4 || NO || LEG || Advisory Vote: Sales Tax Reducing School Property Taxes
|-
| 5E || NO || 222611 || 374466 || 37.3 || NO || LEG || Advisory Vote: Sales Tax Eliminating School Property Taxes
|}
'''November 6 General Election'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Meas<br />num || passed?<br /> || Yes || No || % || Const<br />Amd || type<ref name="type"/><br /> || Ballot Title - ''and notes''
|-
| 1 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 510947 || 491170 || 51 || YES || LEG || Grants Metropolitan Service District Electors Right to Home Rule
|-
| 2 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 680463 || 354288 || 65.8 || YES || LEG || Allows Merged School Districts to Combine Tax Bases
|-
| 3 || NO || 406372 || 617586 || 39.7 || N/A || REF || Repeals Tax Exemption, Grants Additional Benefit Payments for PERS Retirees
|-
| 4 || NO || 446795 || 660992 || 40.3 || NO || INIT || Prohibits [[Trojan Nuclear Power Plant|Trojan]] Operation Until Nuclear Waste, Cost, Earthquake Standards Met – ''one of several measures aiming to close Trojan''
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 5 (1990)|5]] || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 574833 || 522022 || 52.4 || YES || INIT || Limit 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 [[Oregon Ballot Measure 47 (1996)|47 (1996)]] and [[Oregon Ballot Measure 50 (1997)|50 (1997)]] addressed property taxes as well.''
|-
| 6 || NO || 467418 || 636804 || 42.3 || NO || INIT || Product Packaging Must Meet Recycling Standards or Receive Hardship Waiver
|-
| 7 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 624744 || 452853 || 58 || NO || INIT || Six-County Work in Lieu of Welfare Benefits Pilot Program
|-
| 8 || NO || 355963 || 747599 || 32.3 || YES || INIT || Prohibit Abortion With Three Exceptions
|-
| 9 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 598460 || 512872 || 53.9 || NO || INIT || Requires the Use of Safety Belts
|-
| 10 || NO || 530851 || 577806 || 47.9 || NO || INIT || Doctor Must Give Parent Notice Before Minor's Abortion
|-
| 11 || NO || 351977 || 741863 || 32.2 || YES || INIT || School Choice System, Tax Credit for Education Outside Public Schools
|}
=== 1992 ===
'''May 19 Primary Election'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Meas<br />num || passed? || Yes || No || % || Const<br />Amd || type<ref name="type"/><br /> || Ballot Title - ''and notes''
|-
| 1 || NO || 244,173 || 451,715 || 35.1 || YES || LEG || Future Fuel Taxes May Go to Police
|}
'''November 3 General Election'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Meas<br />num || passed?<br /> || Yes || No || % || Const<br />Amd || type<ref name="type"/><br /> || Ballot Title - ''and notes''
|-
| 1 || NO || 653,062 || 786,017 || 45.4 || YES || LEG || Bonds May be Issued for State Parks
|-
| 2 || NO || 399,259 || 1,039,322 || 27.8 || YES || LEG || Future Fuel Taxes May Go to Parks
|-
| [[Oregon term limits legislation|3]] || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 1,003,706 || 439,694 || 69.5 || YES || INIT || Limits 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.''
|-
| 4 || NO || 567,467 || 896,778 || 38.8 || NO || INIT || Bans Operation of Triple Truck-Trailer Combinations on Oregon Highways
|-
| 5 || NO || 585,051 || 874,636 || 40.1 || NO || INIT || Closes Trojan Until Nuclear Waste, Cost, Earthquake, Health Conditions Met - ''Measures 5 and 6, aiming to close [[Trojan Nuclear Power Plant]], defeated; [[Portland General Electric|PGE]] spent $5 million opposing, a record high expenditure not exceeded until 2007.''
|-
| 6 || NO || 619,329 || 830,850 || 42.7 || NO || INIT || Bans Trojan Power Operation Unless Earthquake, Waste Storage Conditions Met - ''see above''
|-
| 7 || NO || 362,621 || 1,077,206 || 25.2 || YES || INIT || Raises Tax Limit on Certain Property; Residential Renters' Tax Relief
|-
| 8 || NO || 576,633 || 828,096 || 41 || NO || INIT || Restricts Lower Columbia Fish Harvests to Most Selective Means Available
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 9 (1992)|9]] || NO || 638,527 || 828,290 || 43.5 || YES || INIT || Government Cannot Facilitate, Must Discourage Homosexuality, Other "Behaviors"
|}
=== 1993 ===
'''June 29 Special Election'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Meas<br />num || passed? || Yes || No || % || Const<br />Amd || type<ref name="type"/><br /> || Ballot Title - ''and notes''
|-
| 1 || NO || 180,070 || 482,714 || 27.2 || NO || LEG || Allows Voter Approval of Urban Renewal Bond Repayment Outside Limit
|}
'''November 9 Special Election'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Meas<br />num || passed? || Yes || No || % || Const<br />Amd || type<ref name="type"/><br /> || Ballot Title - ''and notes''
|-
| 1 || NO || 240,991 || 721,930 || 25.0 || NO || LEG ||Should We Pass A 5% Sales Tax for Public Schools with these Restrictions?
|}
=== 1994 ===
'''May 17 primary election'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Meas<br />num || passed? || Yes || No || % || Const<br />Amd || type<ref name="type"/><br /> || Ballot Title - ''and notes''
|-
| 2 || NO || 158028 || 446665 || 26.1 || NO || LEG || Allows New Motor Vehicle Fuel Revenues for Dedicated Purposes
|}
'''November 8 general election'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Meas<br />num || passed?<br /> || Yes || No || % || Const<br />Amd || type<ref name="type"/><br /> || Ballot Title - ''and notes''
|-
| 3 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 776197 || 382126 || 67.0 || YES || LEG || Changes Deadline for Filling Vacancies at General Election
|-
| 4 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 1055111 || 145499 || 87.9 || YES || LEG || Creates Vacancy if State Legislator Convicted of Felony
|-
| 5 || NO || 543302 || 671025 || 44.7 || YES || INIT || Bars New or Increased Taxes without Voter Approval
|-
| 6 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 628180 || 555019 || 53.1 || YES || INIT || Candidates May Use Only Contributions from District Residents (struck down as unconstitutional in Federal court<ref>{{cite news
|title=Federal judge strikes down Measure 6
|first=Jeff
|last=Mapes
|date=[[July 14]], [[1995]]
|work=The Oregonian
}}</ref>)
|-
| 7 || NO || 512980 || 671021 || 43.3 || YES || INIT || Guarantees Equal Protection: Lists Prohibited Grounds of Discrimination
|-
| 8 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 611760 || 610776 || 50.0 || YES || INIT || Public Employees Pay Part of Salary for Pension – ''required public employees to contribute 6% of their salary to their pension, overturned in 1996 by [[Oregon Supreme Court|the courts]] in ''[[Oregon State Police Officers' Ass'n v. State]]''.<ref>[http://www.publications.ojd.state.or.us/S51180.htm Oregon Supreme Court: Jackson County v. Oregon]</ref>''
|-
| 9 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 851014 || 324224 || 72.4 || NO || INIT || Adopts Contribution and Spending Limits, Other Campaign Finance Law Changes. Limited contributions to $100 for legislative candidates, $500 for statewide candidates.<ref>{{cite news
|title=Reform campaign financing
|author=Editorial
|date=[[October 5]], [[1994]]
|work=The Oregonian
}}</ref> Most provisions struck down by [[Oregon Supreme Court]] in February 1997.<ref>{{cite news
|title=Court tosses campaign limits
|first=Steve
|last=Suo
|date=[[February 7]], [[1997]]
|work=The Oregonian
}}</ref>
|-
| 10 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 763507 || 415678 || 64.7 || YES || INIT || Legislature Cannot Reduce [[Oregon Ballot Measure 11 (1994)|Voter-Approved Sentence]] Without 2/3 Vote
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 11 (1994)|11]] || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 788695 || 412816 || 65.6 || NO || INIT || Mandatory 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.''
|-
| 12 || NO || 450553 || 731146 || 38.1 || NO || INIT || Repeals Prevailing Rate Wage Requirement for Workers on Public Works
|-
| 13 || NO || 592746 || 630628 || 48.5 || YES || INIT || Governments 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)]].)''
|-
| 14 || NO || 500005 || 679936 || 42.4 || YES || INIT || Amends Chemical Process Mining Laws: Adds Requirements, Prohibitions, Standards, Fees
|-
| 15 || NO || 438018 || 760853 || 36.5 || YES || INIT || State Must Maintain Funding for Schools, Community Colleges
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 16 (1994)|16]] || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 627980 || 596018 || 51.3 || NO || INIT || Allows Terminally Ill Adults to Obtain Prescription for Lethal Drugs — ''legalized doctor-assisted suicide. (aka "Death with Dignity Act")''
|-
| 17 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 859896 || 350541 || 71.0 || YES || INIT || Requires State Prison Inmates to Work Full Time
|-
| 18 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 629527 || 586026 || 51.8 || NO || INIT || Bans Hunting Bears with Bait, Hunting Bears, Cougars with Dogs
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 19 (1994)|19]] || NO || 549754 || 652139 || 45.7 || YES || INIT || No Free Speech Protection for Obscenity, Child Pornography — ''would have amended state constitution to exempt [[obscenity]] from the state constitution's free speech protections.''
|-
| 20 || NO || 284195 || 898416 || 24.0 || YES || INIT || Equal 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.<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/other.info/stelec.htm Elections History], at Oregon Secretary of State's web site.</ref>
=== 1996 ===
'''May 21 primary election'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Meas<br />num<br /> || passed?<br /> || Yes<br /> || No<br /> || %<br /> || Const<br />Amd<br /> || type<ref name="type">INITiative, LEGislative referral, or REFerendum</ref><br /> || Ballot Title - ''and notes''<br />
|-
| 23 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 466580 || 177218 || 72.47 || YES || LEG || Increases Minimum Value in Controversy Required to Obtain Jury Trial
|-
| 24 || NO || 279399 || 360592 || 43.66 || YES || LEG || Initiative Petition Signatures Must Be Collected From Each Congressional District
|-
| 25 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 349918 || 289930 || 54.69 || YES || LEG || Requires [[supermajority|3/5 Majority]] in Legislature to Pass Revenue-Raising Bills
|}
'''November 5 General Election'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Meas<br />num<br /> || passed?<br /> || Yes<br /> || No<br /> || %<br /> || Const<br />Amd<br /> || type<ref name="type"/><br /> || Ballot Title – ''and notes''<br />
|-
| 26 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 878677 || 440283 || 66.62 || YES || LEG || Changes the Principles that Govern Laws for Punishment of Crime
|-
| 27 || NO || 349050 || 938819 || 27.1 || YES || LEG || Grants Legislature New Power Over Both New, Existing Administrative Rules
|-
| 28 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 708341 || 593136 || 54.43 || YES || LEG || Repeals Certain Residency Requirements for State Veterans' Loans
|-
| 29 || NO || 335057 || 958947 || 25.89 || YES || LEG || Governor's Appointees Must Vacate Office If Successor Not Timely Confirmed
|-
| 30 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 731127 || 566168 || 56.36 || YES || LEG || State Must Pay Local Governments Costs of State-Mandated Programs
|-
| 31 || NO || 630980 || 706974 || 47.16 || YES || LEG || Obscenity May Receive No Greater Protection Than Under Federal Constitution
|-
| 32 || NO || 622764 || 704970 || 46.9 || NO || REF || Authorizes Bonds for Portland Region Light Rail, Transportation Projects Elsewhere
|-
| 33 || NO || 638824 || 652811 || 49.46 || YES || INIT || Limits Legislative Change to Statutes Passed by Voters
|-
| 34 || NO || 570803 || 762979 || 42.8 || NO || INIT || Wildlife Management Exclusive to Commission; Repeals1994 Bear/Cougar Initiative
|-
| 35 || NO || 441108 || 807987 || 35.31 || NO || INIT || Restricts Bases for Providers to Receive Pay for Health Care
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 36 (1996)|36]] || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 769725 || 584303 || 56.85 || NO || INIT || Increases [[minimum wage|Minimum Hourly Wage]] to $6.50 Over Three Years
|-
| [[Oregon Bottle Bill#Recent history|37]] || NO || 540645 || 818336 || 39.78 || NO || INIT || Broadens Types of Beverage Containers Requiring Deposit and Refund Value
|-
| 38 || NO || 479921 || 852661 || 36.01 || NO || INIT || Prohibits Livestock in Certain Polluted Waters or on Adjacent Lands
|-
| 39 || NO || 569037 || 726824 || 43.91 || YES || INIT || Government, Private Entities Cannot Discriminate Among Health Care Provider Categories
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 40 (1996) and subsequent measures|40]] || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 778574 || 544301 || 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 [[Oregon Constitution|constitution]]. Spawned multiple measures in 1999.''
|-
| 41 || NO || 446115 || 838088 || 34.74 || YES || INIT || States How Public Employee Earnings Must Be Expressed
|-
| 42 || NO || 460553 || 857878 || 34.93 || YES || INIT || Requires Testing of Public School Students; Public Report
|-
| 43 || NO || 547131 || 707586 || 43.61 || NO || INIT || Amends Collective Bargaining Law for Public Safety Employees
|-
| 44 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 759048 || 598543 || 55.91 || NO || INIT || Increases, Adds Cigarette and Tobacco Taxes; Changes Tax Revenue Distribution – ''increased cigarette tax by 30 cents per pack''
|-
| 45 || NO || 458238 || 866461 || 34.59 || YES || INIT || Raises Public Employees' Normal Retirement Age; Reduces Benefits
|-
| 46 || NO || 158555 || 1180148 || 11.84 || YES || INIT || Counts Non-Voters As "No" Votes on Tax Measures
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 47 (1996)|47]] || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 704554 || 642613 || 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 || 624771 || 671095 || 48.21 || YES || INIT || Instructs State, Federal Legislators to Vote for Congressional Term Limits
|}
=== 1997 ===
'''May 20 Special Election'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Meas<br />num !! passed? !! Yes !! No !! % !! Const<br />Amd !! type<br /><ref name="type"/> !! Ballot Title – ''and notes''
|-
| 49 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 699813 || 70940 || 90.8 || YES || LEG || Restricts Inmate Lawsuits; Allows Interstate Shipment of Prison Made Products
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 50 (1997)|50]] || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 429943 || 341781 || 55.71 || YES || LEG || Limits Assessed Value of Property for Tax Purposes; Limits Property Tax Rates – ''replaced [[Oregon Ballot Measure 47 (1996)|Measure 47 (1996)]]''
|}
'''November 4 special election'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Meas<br />num || passed? || Yes || No || % || Const<br />Amd || type<br /><ref name="type"/><br /> || Ballot Title – ''and notes''
|-
| 51 || NO || 445830 || 666275 || 40.09 || NO || LEG || Repeals Law Allowing Terminally Ill Adults To Obtain Lethal Prescription – ''would have repealed [[Oregon Death with Dignity Act]]''
|-
| 52 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 805742 || 293425 || 73.3 || NO || LEG || Authorizes State Lottery Bond Program To Finance Public School Projects
|}
=== 1998 ===
'''May 19 Primary Election''': Details about Ballot Measure 53<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/may1998/guide/meas/meas53.htm 1998 Primary Election Online Voters' Guide]</ref> and election results<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/may1998/other.info/meas53.htm 1998 Primary Election results] (Measure 53)</ref> available from the Secretary of State's office.
{| class="wikitable"
! Meas<br />num || passed? || Yes || No || % || Const<br />Amd || type<ref name="type"/><br /> || Ballot Title
|-
| 53 || NO || 303539 || 319871 || 48.69 || YES || LEG || Eliminates Voter Turnout Requirement For Passing Certain Property Tax Measures – ''would have eliminated [[double majority]] requirement established by Measures [[Oregon Ballot Measure 47 (1996)|47]] and [[Oregon Ballot Measure 50 (1997)|50]].''
|}
'''November 3 General Election''': Titles and summaries<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/nov398/guide/measure/mcontent.htm 1998 General Election Online Voters' Guide]</ref> of Measures 54-67, and the election results,<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/nov398/other.info/results.htm 1998 General Election results]</ref> available from the Oregon Secretary of State's office.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Meas<br />num || passed? || Yes || No || % || Const<br />Amd || type<ref name="type"/><br /> || Ballot Title - ''and notes''
|-
| 54 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 569982 || 474727 || 54.56 || YES || LEG || Authorizes State To Guarantee Bonded Indebtedness Of Certain Education Districts
|-
| 55 || NO || 456464 || 579251 || 44.07 || YES || LEG || Permits State To Guarantee Earnings On Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund
|-
| 56 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 874547 || 212737 || 80.43 || NO || LEG || Expands Notice To Landowners Regarding Changes To Land Use Laws
|-
| 57 || NO || 371967 || 736968 || 33.54 || NO || REF || Makes Possession Of Limited Amount Of Marijuana Class C Misdemeanor
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 58 (1998)|58]] || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 621832 || 462084 || 57.37 || NO || INIT || Requires Issuing Copy Of Original Oregon Birth Certificate to Adoptees – ''allowed [[adoption|adoptees]] access to original births certificates (and hence, previously secret information about their birth parents).''
|-
| 59 || NO || 539757 || 561952 || 48.99 || YES || INIT || Prohibits Using Public Resources To Collect Money For Political Purposes
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 60 (1998)|60]] || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 757204 || 334021 || 69.39 || NO || INIT || Requires [[Vote By Mail]] In Biennial Primary, General Elections
|-
| 61 || NO || <BR> || <BR> || <BR> || NO || <BR> || Would have changed sentencing rules. Vote Not Tallied By Court Order
|-
| 62 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 721448 || 347112 || 67.52 || YES || INIT || Requires Campaign Finance Disclosures; Regulates Signature Gathering; Guarantees Contribution Methods
|-
| 63 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 566064 || 457762 || 55.29 || YES || INIT || Measures Proposing Supermajority Voting Requirements Require Same Supermajority For Passage
|-
| 64 || NO || 215491 || 897535 || 19.36 || NO || INIT || Prohibits Many Present Timber Harvest Practices, Imposes More Restrictive Regulations
|-
| 65 || NO || 483811 || 533948 || 47.54 || YES || INIT || Creates Process For Requiring Legislature To Review Administrative Rules - ''sought to restrict [[Oregon Legislative Assembly|Legislature's]] ability to regulate land use''
|-
| 66 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 742038 || 362247 || 67.2 || YES || INIT || Dedicates Some Lottery Funding To Parks, Beaches; Habitat, Watershed Protection
|-
| [[Oregon Medical Marijuana Act|67]] || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 611190 || 508263 || 54.6 || NO || INIT || Allows Medical Use Of Marijuana Within Limits; Establishes Permit System - ''legalized [[medical marijuana]]''
|}
=== 1999 ===
11/2/99 '''November Special Election''': Detailed information about Measures 68-76<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/nov299/pamphlet/cov.htm 1999 Special Election Online Voters' Guide]</ref> and election results<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/nov299/nov299.htm 1999 Special Election results]</ref> available from the Oregon Secretary of State's office.
Measures 69-75 were originally provisions of 1996 [[Oregon Ballot Measure 40 (1996) and subsequent measures|Measure 40]], which was approved but then struck down due to its amendments to multiple parts of the Oregon Constitution.<ref>{{cite news
|title=Desperate Measures
|url=http://www.wweek.com/html/leada102099.html
|work=Willamette Week
|date=October 20, 1999
|accessdate=2007-03-12}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Meas<br />num || passed? || Yes || No || % || Const<br />Amd || type<ref name="type"/> || Ballot Title
|-
| 68 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 406526 || 289407 || 58.41 || YES || LEG || Allows Protecting Business, Certain Government Programs From Prison Work Programs
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 40 (1996) and subsequent measures|69]] || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 406393 || 292419 || 58.15 || YES || LEG || Grants Victims Constitutional Rights In Criminal Prosecutions, Juvenile Court Delinquency Proceedings
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 40 (1996) and subsequent measures|70]] || NO || 289783 || 407429 || 41.56 || YES || LEG || Gives Public, Through Prosecutor, Right To Demand Jury Trial In Criminal Cases
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 40 (1996) and subsequent measures|71]] || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 404404 || 292696 || 58.01 || YES || LEG || Limits Pretrial Release Of Accused Person To Protect Victims, Public
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 40 (1996) and subsequent measures|72]] || NO || 316351 || 382685 || 45.26 || YES || LEG || Allows Murder Conviction By 11 To 1 Jury Verdict
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 40 (1996) and subsequent measures|73]] || NO || 320160 || 369843 || 46.4 || YES || LEG || Limits Immunity From Criminal Prosecution Of Person Ordered To Testify About His Or Her Conduct
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 40 (1996) and subsequent measures|74]] || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 368899 || 325078 || 53.16 || YES || LEG || Requires Terms Of Imprisonment Announced In Court Be Fully Served, With Exceptions
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 40 (1996) and subsequent measures|75]] || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 399671 || 292445 || 57.75 || YES || LEG || Persons Convicted Of Certain Crimes Cannot Serve On Grand Juries, Criminal Trial Juries
|-
| 76 || style="background:blue;color:white" | YES || 372613 || 314351 || 54.24 || YES || LEG || Requires Light, Heavy Motor Vehicle Classes Proportionately Share Highway Costs
|}
== 2000s ==
=== 2000 ===
'''Primary Election''': Detailed information about Measures 77-82<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/may162000/guide/mea.htm 2000 Primary Election Online Voters' Guide]</ref> and election results<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/may162000/results.htm 2000 Primary Election results]</ref> available at the Secretary of State's web site.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!meas.<br />num.
!passed
!YES<br />votes
!NO<br />votes
!%<br />YES
!Const.<br />Amd.?
!description
|-
| 77
| NO
| 336,253
| 432,541
|
| YES
| Makes Certain Local Taxing Districts' Temporary Property Tax Authority Permanent
|-
| 78
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 528,129
| 327,440
|
| YES
| Lengthens Period For Verifying Signatures On Initiative And Referendum Petitions
|-
| 79
| NO
| 356,912
| 505,081
|
| YES
| Increases Signatures Required To Place Initiative Amending Constitution On Ballot
|-
| 80
| NO
| 310,640
| 559,941
|
| YES
| Authorizes Using Fuel Tax, Vehicle Fees For Increasing Highway Policing
|-
| 81
| NO
| 219,009
| 650,348
|
| YES
| Allows Legislature To Limit Recovery Of Damages In Civil Actions
|-
| 82
| NO
| 109,741
| 767,329
|
| NO
| Repeals Truck Weight--Mile Tax; Establishes And Increases Fuel Taxes
|}
'''General Election''': Detailed information about Measures 83-99 and 1-9<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/nov72000/guide/mea.htm 2000 General Election Online Voters' Guide]</ref> and election results<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/nov72000/other.info/result.htm 2000 General Election results]</ref> available at the Secretary of State's web site.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!meas.<br />num.
!passed
!YES<br />votes
!NO<br />votes
!%<br />YES
!Const.<br />Amd.?
!description
|-
| 83
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 1084870
| 365203
|
| YES
| Authorizes New Standards, Priorities For Veterans' Loans; Expands Qualified Recipients
|-
| 84
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 1211384
| 222723
|
| YES
| State Must Continue Paying Local Governments For State--Mandated Programs
|-
| 85
| NO
| 634307
| 767366
|
| YES
| Modifies Population, Minimum Area Requirements For Formation Of New Counties
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 86 (2000)|86]]
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 898793
| 550304
|
| YES
| mandated [[Kicker (Oregon tax rebate)|kicker checks]] in the state Constitution. (Previous kicker law was a statute.) [http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/nov72000/guide/mea/m86/86ex.htm explanation of measure] <!-- http://www.blueoregon.com/2008/01/time-is-up-for.html?cid=98877806#comment-98877806 http://www.blueoregon.com/files/20080126SJopedEdwardsKicker.pdf -->
|-
| 87
| NO
| 694410
| 771901
|
| YES
| Allows Regulation Of Location Of Sexually Oriented Businesses Through Zoning
|-
| 88
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 739270
| 724097
|
| NO
| Increases Maximum Deductible In Oregon For Federal Income Taxes Paid
|-
| 89
| NO
| 622814
| 828117
|
| NO
| Dedicates Tobacco Settlement Proceeds To Specified Health, Housing, Transportation Programs
|-
| 90
| NO
| 158810
| 1208545
|
| NO
| Authorizes Rates Giving Utilities Return On Investments In Retired Property
|-
| 91
| NO
| 661342
| 814885
|
| YES
| Makes Federal Income Taxes Fully Deductible On Oregon Tax Returns
|-
| 92
| NO
| 656250
| 815338
|
| YES
| Prohibits Payroll Deductions For Political Purposes Without Specific Written Authorization
|-
| 93
| NO
| 581186
| 865091
|
| YES
| Voters Must Approve Most Taxes, Fees; Requires Certain Approval Percentage
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 94 (2000)|94]]
| NO
| 387068
| 1073275
|
| NO
| would have repealed 1994's [[Oregon Ballot Measure 11 (1994)|Measure 11]].
|-
| 95
| NO
| 514926
| 962250
|
| YES
| Student Learning Determines Teacher Pay; Qualifications, Not Seniority, Determine Retention
|-
| 96
| NO
| 527613
| 866588
|
| YES
| Prohibits Making Initiative Process Harder, Except Through Initiative; Applies Retroactively
|-
| 97
| NO
| 606939
| 867219
|
| NO
| Bans Body--Gripping Animal Traps, Some Poisons; Restricts Fur Commerce
|-
|98
| NO
| 678024
| 776489
|
| YES
| Prohibits Using Public Resources For Political Purposes; Limits Payroll Deductions
|-
| 99
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 911217
| 539414
|
| YES
| Creates Commission Ensuring Quality Home Care Services For Elderly, Disabled
|-
| 1
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 940223
| 477461
|
| YES
| Legislature Must Fund School Quality Goals Adequately; Report; Establish Grants
|-
| 2
| NO
| 605575
| 779190
|
| YES
| sought to restrict Legislature's ability to regulate land use
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 3 (2000)|3]]
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 952792
| 465081
|
| YES
| prohibited [[forfeiture]] without conviction.
|-
| 4
| NO
| 650850
| 789543
|
| NO
| Dedicates Tobacco-Settlement Proceeds; Earnings Fund Low-Income Health Care
|-
| 5
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 921926
| 569996
|
| NO
| Expands Circumstances Requiring Background Checks Before Transfer Of Firearm
|-
| 6
| NO
| 586910
| 838011
|
| NO
| Provides [[Clean Elections|Public Funding]] To Candidates Who Limit Spending, Private Contributions
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 7 (2000)|7]]
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| colspan=2 | ''not published''
| 53%<ref>[http://www.publications.ojd.state.or.us/S48450.htm Oregon Judicial Department Appellate Court Opinions<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| YES
| precursor to [[Oregon Ballot Measure 37 (2004)]]; restricted land use regulation, but was struck down by the [[Oregon Supreme Court]].<ref>{{cite press release
|title=Oregon Supreme Court Holds Measure 7 Void
|author=Jill Gelineau, Peter Livingston, Steve Morasch, Donald Joe Willis
|url=http://www.schwabe.com/showarticles.asp?Show=20
|publisher=Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
|date=October 1, 2002
|accessdate=2007-02-27}}</ref>
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 8 (2000)|8]]
| NO
| 608090
| 789699
|
| YES
| would have capped state spending
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 9 (2000)|9]]
| NO
| 702572
| 788691
|
| NO
| would have prohibited "encouragement" of [[homosexuality]] by public schools.
|}
=== 2002 ===
'''Primary Election''': Detailed information for 2002 Primary measures (10, 11, and 13)<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/may212002/guide/mea.htm 2002 Primary Online Voters' Guide]</ref> and official results<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/may212002/abstracts/p02results.htm 2002 Primary election results]</ref> available from the Oregon Secretary of State's office.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!meas.<br />num.
!passed
!YES<br />votes
!NO<br />votes
!%<br />YES
!Const.<br />Amd.?
!description
|-
| 10
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 608,640
| 177,004
| 77.47%
| YES
| Allows Public Universities to Receive Equity in Private Companies as Compensation for Publicly Created Technology
|-
| 11
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 589,869
| 190,226
| 75.62%
| YES
| Authorizes Less Expensive General Obligation Bond financing for OHSU Medical Research and other Capital Costs
|-
| colspan=7 | 12 — Removed from Ballot
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 13 (2002)|13]]
| NO
| 376,605
| 411,923
| 47.76%
| YES
| would have allowed transfer of money from a state education trust fund to the school fund, and would have done such a transfer immediately.
|}
'''September Special Election''': Measures 19 and 20<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/sep172002/guide/meas.htm 2002 Special Election Online Voters' Guide]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!meas.<br />num.
!passed
!YES<br />votes
!NO<br />votes
!%<br />YES
!Const.<br />Amd.?
!description
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 19 (2002)|19]]
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 496,815
| 306,440
| 61.85%
| YES
| similar to [[Oregon Ballot Measure 13 (2002)|Measure 13]], but transferred less money.
|-
| 20
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 522,613
| 289,119
| 64.38%
| NO
| Increases Cigarette Tax; Uses Revenue for [[Oregon Health Plan|Health Plan]], Other Programs
|}
'''General Election''': Detailed information on Measures 14-18 and 21-27<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/nov52002/guide/measures.htm 2002 General Election Online Voters' Guide]</ref>, and official election results<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/nov52002/g02abstract.htm 2002 General Election results]</ref> available at the Secretary of State's web site.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!meas.<br />num.
!passed
!YES<br />votes
!NO<br />votes
!%<br />YES
!Const.<br />Amd.?
!description
|-
| 14
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 867,901
| 352,027
|
| YES
| Removes Historical Racial References in Obsolete Sections of Constitution
|-
| 15
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 671,640
| 535,638
|
| YES
| Authorizes State to Issue General Obligation Bonds for Seismic Rehabilitation of Public Education Buildings
|-
| 16
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 669,451
| 530,587
|
| YES
| Authorizes State to Issue General Obligation Bonds for Seismic Rehabilitation of Emergency Services Buildings
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 17 (2002)|17]]
| NO
| 341,717
| 910,331
|
| YES
| would have lowered minimum age for serving in [[Oregon Legislative Assembly|state legislature]] from 21 to 18.
|-
| 18
| NO
| 450,444
| 704,116
|
| YES
| Allows Certain Tax Districts to Establish Permanent Property Tax Rates and Divide into Tax Zones
|-
| 21
| NO
| 526,450
| 668,256
|
| YES
| Revises Procedure for Filling Judicial Vacancies, Electing Judges; Allows Vote for "None of the Above"
|-
| 22
| NO
| 595,936
| 610,063
|
| YES
| Requires Supreme Court Judges and Court of Appeals Judges to be Elected by District
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 23 (2002)|23]]
| NO
| 265,310
| 969,537
|
| NO
| would have established [[universal health care]] in Oregon.
|-
| 24
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 907,979
| 286,492
|
| NO
| Allows Licensed Denturists to Install Partial Dentures; Authorizes Cooperative Dentist--Denturist Business Ventures
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 25 (2002)|25]]
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 645,016
| 611,658
|
| NO
| raised [[minimum wage]] to $6.90, tied it to the [[consumer price index]].
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 26 (2002)|26]]
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 921,606
| 301,415
|
| YES
| prohibited paying signature gatherers (for [[initiative|initiative petitions]]) per signature
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 27 (2002)|27]]
| NO
| 371,851
| 886,806
|
| NO
| would have required labeling of [[Genetically modified organism|GMO]] foods.
|}
=== 2003 ===
'''January Special Election''': Detailed information on Ballot Measure 28<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/jan282003/guide/toc.htm 2003 Winter Special Election Online Voters' Guide]</ref> and election results<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/jan282003/s03abstract.pdf Winter 2003 election results]</ref> at the Oregon Secretary of State's site.
{| class="wikitable"
!meas.<br />num.
!passed
!YES<br />votes
!NO<br />votes
!%<br />YES
!Const.<br />Amd.?
!type<ref name="type"/>
!description
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 28 (2003)|28]]
| NO
| 575,846
| 676,312
| 45.9%
| NO
| LEG
| would have created a temporary (3-year) 1% [[income tax]] increase to balance state budgets.
|}
'''September Special Election''': Detailed information on Ballot Measure 29<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/sep162003/guide/toc.htm 2003 Fall Special Election Online Voters' Guide]</ref> and election results<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/sep162003/s03abstract.pdf Fall 2003 election results]</ref> at the Oregon Secretary of State's site.
{| class="wikitable"
!meas.<br />num.
!passed
!YES<br />votes
!NO<br />votes
!%<br />YES
!Const.<br />Amd.?
!type<ref name="type"/>
!description
|-
| 29
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 360,209
| 291,778
| 55.2%
| YES
| LEG
| authorize state to incur general obligation debt for savings on pension liabilities.
|}
=== 2004 ===
In the fall election, [[Oregon Ballot Measure 36 (2004)|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. [[Oregon Ballot Measure 37 (2004)|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.<ref>[http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=5609 Willamette Week | “ELECTION 2004” | October 13th, 2004<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+2004 FEBRUARY SPECIAL ELECTION<br />Detailed information on Measure 30<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/feb032004/guide/m30.htm Online Voters' Guide: Measure 30]</ref> and official results<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/feb032004/s04abstract.pdf 2004 Special Election results]</ref> available from the [[Oregon Secretary of State]].
!meas.<br />num.
!passed
!YES<br />votes
!NO<br />votes
!%<br />YES
!Const.<br />Amd.?
!description
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 30 (2004)|30]]
| NO
| 481,315
| 691,462
| 41%
| NO
| Create a temporary [[income tax]] surcharge to balance state budgets.
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+2004 GENERAL ELECTION<br />Detailed information about the measures<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/nov22004/guide/cover.html 2004 Online Voters' Guide]</ref><ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/nov22004/g04_meas.html Ballot Measure PDFs]</ref> and official results<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/nov22004/g04abstract.html 2004 election results]</ref> available from the [[Oregon Secretary of State]].
!meas.<br />num.
!passed
!YES<br />votes<br />
!NO<br />votes<br />
!%<br />YES
!Const.<br />Amd.?
!description
|-
| 31
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 1122852
| 588502
| 66%
| YES
| Postpone certain elections in the event of a candidate's death.
|-
| 32
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 1048090
| 661576
| 61%
| YES
| Mobile home taxes and fees.
|-
| 33
| NO
| 764015
| 1021814
| 43%
| NO
| Expand [[Oregon Medical Marijuana Act]] to allow for the creation of [[nonprofit]] dispensaries.
|-
| 34
| NO
| 659467
| 1060496
| 38%
| NO
| Timber production/Resource conservation.
|-
| 35
| NO
| 869054
| 896857
| 49%
| YES
| Malpractice lawsuit limits.
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 36 (2004)|36]]
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 1028546
| 787556
| 57%
| YES
| Define [[marriage]] as between one man and one woman.
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 37 (2004)|37]]
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 1054589
| 685079
| 61%
| NO
| Require governments to pay owners when condemning or taking private property, including laws precluding many economically viable or otherwise owner-beneficial uses.
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 38 (2004)|38]]
| NO
| 670935
| 1037722
| 39%
| NO
| Abolish [[State Accident Insurance Fund (Oregon)|SAIF]], the state-run [[workers' compensation]] provider.
|-
|}
=== 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.<ref>{{cite news
|last=Carter
|first=Steven
|title=Oregon voters make 2006 a year of 'no'
|publisher=[[The Oregonian]]
|date=November 8, 2006}}</ref>
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.<ref name="MiPRAO071018">{{cite press release
|title=Almost Two-thirds of Ballot Measure Cash Comes from Out of State But Campaigns Vary in Terms of Local Control
|publisher=Money in Politics Research Action Project
|url=http://www.oregonfollowthemoney.org/Press/2006/101806.htm
|date=October 18, 2006
|accessdate=2007-02-27
}}</ref>
==== Unsuccessful measures ====
[[Oregon Ballot Measures 41 and 48 (2006)|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.<ref name="MiPRAO071018">{{cite press release
|title=Almost Two-thirds of Ballot Measure Cash Comes from Out of State But Campaigns Vary in Terms of Local Control
|publisher=Money in Politics Research Action Project
|url=http://www.oregonfollowthemoney.org/Press/2006/101806.htm
|date=October 18, 2006
|accessdate=2007-02-27
}}</ref>
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.<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/nov72006/guide/meas/m42_fav.html Arguments in Favor] from 2006 General Election Voters' Guide</ref>
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.
[[Oregon Ballot Measures 46 and 47 (2006)|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 ====
[[Oregon Ballot Measure 39 (2006)|Measure 39]], described by its proponents as a natural extension of 2004's [[Oregon Ballot Measure 37 (2004)|Measure 37]], restricted the governments powers of [[eminent domain]]. [[Oregon Ballot Measure 44 (2006)|Measure 44]] extended a state prescription drug benefit, previously only available to seniors, to cover all uninsured Oregonians.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+2006 GENERAL ELECTION<br />Detailed information on measures<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/nov72006/guide/cover.html 2006 Online Voters' Guide]</ref> and official results<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/nov72006/g06results.html 2006 Election Results]</ref> available from the [[Oregon Secretary of State]].
!meas.<br />num.
!passed
!YES<br />votes
!NO<br />votes
!%<br />YES
!Const.<br />Amd.?
!type<ref name="type"/>
!description
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 39 (2006)|39]]
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 881820
| 431844
| 67%
| NO
| INIT
| Restrict the use of [[Eminent Domain]]
|-
| Oregon Ballot Measure 40 (2006)|40
| NO
| 576153
| 749404
| 43%
| YES
| INIT
| Restrict eligibility to the [[Oregon Supreme Court]] based on geographic origin
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measures 41 and 48 (2006)|41]]
| NO
| 483443
| 818452
| 37%
| NO
| INIT
| Allow Federal Tax Credit on Oregon Taxes
|-
| [[Bill Sizemore#Measure 42 in 2006|42]]
| NO
| 479935
| 876075
| 35%
| NO
| INIT
| Ban the use of credit reports in determining insurance premiums
|-
| Oregon Ballot Measure 43 (2006)|43
| NO
| 616876
| 746606
| 45%
| NO
| INIT
| Require parental notification for abortions for girls aged 15-17
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 44 (2006)|44]]
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 1049594
| 296649
| 78%
| NO
| INIT
| Extend discount prescription drug program to all Oregon citizens
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 45 (2006)|45]]
| NO
| 555016
| 788895
| 41%
| YES
| INIT
| Require term limits for [[Oregon Legislative Assembly]]
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measures 46 and 47(2006)|46]]
| NO
| 520342
| 770251
| 40%
| YES
| INIT
| Permit laws that limit campaign contributions
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measures 46 and 47 (2006)|47]]<ref>Measure 47 will have no effect until/unless the Oregon Constitution is amended to allow such limitations, as Measure 46 would have done.</ref>
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 694918
| 615256
| 53%
| NO
| INIT
| Revise campaign finance laws to limit or prohibit campaign contributions for state and local elections
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measures 41 and 48 (2006)|48]]
| NO
| 379971
| 923629
| 29%
| YES
| INIT
| Create a state spending cap indexed to inflation and population growth
|}
=== 2007 ===
In 2007, voters considered 2 statewide ballot measures.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+2007 GENERAL ELECTION<br />Detailed information on measures<ref>[http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/nov62007/guide/cover.html 2007 Online Voters' Guide]</ref> <!--and official results<ref>[ 2007 Election Results]</ref>--> available from the [[Oregon Secretary of State]].
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!YES<br />votes
!NO<br />votes
!%<br />YES
!Const.<br />Amd.?
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| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 49 (2007)|49]]
| style="background:blue;color:white" | YES
| 718,023
| 437,351
| 62.15%
| NO
| LEG
| Modifies 2004's [[Oregon Ballot Measure 37 (2004)|Measure 37]], altering land-use regulations
|-
| [[Oregon Ballot Measure 50 (2007)|50]]
| NO
|
|
|
| YES
| LEG
| Increases the [[tobacco]] tax to fund various programs, including health coverage & [[Healthy Kids Program]]
|-
|}
==See also==
*[[List of California ballot propositions]]
*[[List of Washington initiatives]]
*[[List of lists about Oregon]]
*[[Government of Oregon]]
*[[Capital punishment in Oregon]]
==Notes and References==
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== External links ==
* [http://bluebook.state.or.us/state/elections/elections06.htm Election History] from ''[[Oregon Blue Book]]''
* [http://bluebook.state.or.us/state/elections/elections09.htm List of Initiatives, Referenda, and Recalls], also from ''Oregon Blue Book''
* [http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/elechp.htm Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division]
* Secretary of State's [http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/nov72006/meas_nr.pdf news release] announcing what measures qualified for 2006 General Election ballot.
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[[Category:Oregon-related lists|Ballot measures]]