Oregon 1956 ballot measures

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In 1956, voters decided on seven statewide ballot measures in Oregon on November 6.

• One of the measures was an initiated state statute.
• Five of the measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• One of the measures was a veto referendum.
• Voters approved four (57.1%) and rejected three (42.9%) measures.

On the ballot

November 6, 1956

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Measure 1	Legislature; Taxes	Authorize the legislature to place an emergency clause on any tax law and provide that tax suspensions can not occur due to a filed initiative petition.		175,932 (27%)	487,550 (73%)
LRCA	Measure 2	Administration	Authorize the state to accept, hold, and dispose of corporate stock that has gifted to the state.	a	498,633 (77%)	153,033 (23%)
LRCA	Measure 3	Salaries	Repeal Section I, Article VIII, which set the annual salary of the Governor and Secretary of State at $1,500, Treasurer at $800, and Supreme Court Judges at $2,000.	a	390,338 (60%)	263,155 (40%)
LRCA	Measure 4	Administration	Authorize the legislature to prescribe qualifications for county coroner and county surveyor.	a	455,485 (71%)	182,550 (29%)
LRCA	Measure 5	Salaries	Increase the annual salaries of state legislators from $600 to $1,200.		320,741 (49%)	338,365 (51%)
VR	Measure 6	Taxes; Tobacco	Implement a sales tax of three cents on a package of cigarettes.		280,055 (40%)	414,613 (60%)
CISS	Measure 7	Business; Fishing	Prohibit fishing for salmon or steelhead trout in coastal streams except by hook and line, but continue to allow commercial chum salmon fishing in Tillamook Bay.	a	401,882 (61%)	259,309 (39%)

See also

• Laws governing the initiative process in Oregon
• Types of ballot measures in Oregon
• List of Oregon ballot measures
• 1956 ballot measures

External links

• Oregon Voter Guide (November 1956)