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Oregon Measure 71, Legislature Annual Sessions Amendment (2010)
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| Topic State legislative processes and sessions |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oregon Measure 71 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 2, 2010. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported requiring the legislature to meet annually, limiting regular sessions to 160 days in odd-numbered years and 35 days in even-numbered years, and allowing five-day extensions by a two-thirds vote. |
A "no" vote opposed requiring the legislature to meet annually, limiting regular sessions to 160 days in odd-numbered years and 35 days in even-numbered years, and allowing five-day extensions by a two-thirds vote. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure 71 |
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919,040 | 67.84% | ||
| No | 435,776 | 32.16% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure 71 was as follows:
| “ | Amends Constitution: Requires legislature to meet annually; limits length of legislative sessions; provides exceptions. | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | The Oregon Constitution currently requires legislative sessions to be held biennially. Current law permits the Legislative Assembly to meet without a limit on the length of session. This measure requires the Legislative Assembly to meet each year, limits regular sessions to 160 calendar days in odd-numbered years and 35 calendar days in even-numbered years, and allows regular session to be extended by five days with an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of each chamber. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Oregon Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Oregon State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 31 votes in the Oregon House of Representatives and 16 votes in the Oregon State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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Footnotes
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