Oregon 1954 ballot measures

1956 →

← 1952

Eight statewide ballot measures were on the November 2, 1954 ballot in Oregon.

• Four of the measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• One of the measures was a legislatively referred state statute.
• Three of the measures were initiated state statutes.
• Four of the measures were approved and four were defeated.

On the ballot

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Measure 1	Salaries	Grants the legislature power to fix the salaries of legislatures	d
LRCA	Measure 2	Redistricting	Authorizes the legislature to divide counties with more than one senator or representative into subdistricts	a
LRSS	Measure 3	Healthcare	Declares a previously authorized domiciliary hospital for the aged mentally ill to be located within a twenty-mile radius of the Multnomah County Courthouse	a
LRCA	Measure 4	Direct Democracy	Increases the number of voters’ signatures required to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot from 8% to 10% of the legal voters who voted for the justice of the Supreme Court at the previous regular election	a
LRCA	Measure 5	Taxes	Limits the maximum levy of state property tax to six mills, unless a higher levy is authorized by voters	d
CISS	Measure 6	Time	Institutes daylight saving time throughout the State of Oregon	d
CISS	Measure 7	Hunt & Fish	Prohibits fishing for salmon or trout by any method except hook and line in any coastal stream	d
CISS	Measure 8	Food & Agri	Repeals laws that regulate the production, distribution and sale of milk	a

See also

• List of Oregon ballot measures
• 1954 ballot measures

External links

• Oregon Blue Book Initiative, Referendum and Recall: 1948-1956
• State of Oregon Official Voters' Pamphlet 1954