Oregon 1938 ballot measures

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In 1938, voters decided on 12 statewide ballot measures in Oregon on November 8.

• One of the measures was an initiated constitutional amendment.
• Five of the measures were initiated state statutes.
• Three of the measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• One of the measures was a legislatively referred state statute.
• Two of the measures were veto referendums.
• Voters approved seven (58%) and rejected five (42%) measures.

On the ballot

November 8, 1938

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Legislature	Extend the period for the governor to review and approve or veto bills from five to twenty days.	a	233,384 (71%)	93,752 (29%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Banking	Repeal the bank stockholders double liability, making each stockholder individually liable to depositors.		133,525 (45%)	165,797 (55%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Salaries	Set state legislators' daily compensation at no more than $8 for up to 50 days during regular sessions and 10 cents per mile traveled to and from meeting place.		149,356 (47%)	169,131 (53%)
LRSS	Measure Nos. 306-307	Family	Require medical examinations and certification of all marriage license applicants.	a	277,099 (81%)	66,484 (19%)
VR	Measure Nos. 308-309	Law enforcement; Gambling	Prohibit slot machines and require sheriffs to seize any such machine and, upon recognition by a court, destroy the machine.	a	204,561 (62%)	126,580 (38%)
VR	Measure Nos. 310-311	Gambling	Ban all games of chance and provide punishments for violations.	a	197,912 (61%)	129,043 (39%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 312-313	Federal issues	Call for a constitutional convention to consider an amendment to the U.S. Constitution implementing the Townsend Plan.	a	183,781 (55%)	149,711 (45%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 314-315	Public assistance; Taxes	Implement a two percent transaction tax to create a fund for monthly payments to unemployed individuals over the age of 65.		112,172 (34%)	219,557 (66%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 316-317	Labor	Define “labor dispute” as a controversy between employer and employees and restrict revenues of collective bargaining organizations.	a	197,771 (57%)	148,460 (43%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 318-319	Water	Declare the preservation of rivers, streams, lakes and watersheds for public health and wildlife and create the state sanitary authority.	a	247,685 (77%)	75,295 (23%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 322-323	Alcohol; Business	Prohibit the sale of alcoholic liquor by entities other than the Oregon Liquor Control Commission.		118,282 (35%)	222,221 (65%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 324-325	Gambling	Legalize certain lotteries and other forms of gambling and authorize the state to exclusively license them.		141,792 (44%)	180,329 (56%)

See also

• Laws governing the initiative process in Oregon
• Types of ballot measures in Oregon
• List of Oregon ballot measures
• 1938 ballot measures

External links

• Oregon Voter Guide (November 1938)