Oregon Ballot Measures: Historical Ballot Measures Factbook

Historical Ballot Measures Factbook

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Oregon has had more ballot initiatives than any other state

Ballotpedia completed an inventory of all Oregon ballot measures since 1900. Oregon voters decided on 882 ballot measures between 1900 and 2024—defeating over 53% of them. Voters approved 411 measures and rejected 471.

Measures referred to the ballot by the Oregon State Legislature or a commission totaled 438. Measures placed on the ballot by a successful citizen-initiated petition totaled 444. The approval rate for referred measures (58%) was nearly double the approval rate for initiated measures (35%).

The inventory of Oregon statewide ballot measures is part of Ballotpedia's Historical Ballot Measure Factbook, which will document nearly 200 years of direct democracy in the United States. This ongoing research effort will provide an unparalleled resource for researchers, reporters, and the voting public on how ballot measures have evolved, the issues they've covered, and the role they have played in our civic life.

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2020-2029 Ballot Measures

Year	Type	Title	Description	Result
2024	LRCA	Measure 115	Allow the Legislature to impeach elected state executives	Approved
2024	LRCA	Measure 116	Establish the Independent Public Service Compensation Commission to determine certain public officials' salaries	Defeated
2024	LRSS	Measure 117	Establish ranked-choice voting (RCV) for federal and state offices in Oregon	Defeated
2024	CISS	Measure 118	Require Oregon issue rebates to residents from surplus corporate tax revenue	Defeated
2024	CISS	Measure 119	Require cannabis businesses to submit to the state Liquor and Cannabis Commission a signed labor peace agreement between the business and a labor organization with its licensure or renewal application	Overturned
2022	LRCA	Measure 111	Provide that the state shall "ensure that every resident of Oregon has access to cost-effective, clinically appropriate and affordable health care as a fundamental right"	Approved
2022	LRCA	Measure 112	Repeal language allowing slavery or involuntary servitude as criminal punishments	Approved
2022	CICA	Measure 113	Exclude state legislators from reelection for unexcused legislative absenteeism	Approved
2022	CISS	Measure 114	Require permits issued by local law enforcement to buy a firearm and prohibit ammunition magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds	Approved
2020	LRCA	Measure 107	Authorizes the state legislature and local governments to (1) enact laws or ordinances limiting campaign contributions and expenditures; (2) require disclosure of contributions and expenditures; and (3) require that political advertisements identify the people or entities that paid for them	Approved
2020	LRSS	Measure 108	Increases cigarette tax from $1.33 per pack to $3.33 per pack; imposes tax on nicotine inhalant delivery systems such as e-cigarettes at a rate of 65% of the wholesale price; dedicates revenues to the Oregon Health Authority for medical and health programs	Approved
2020	CISS	Measure 109	Authorize the Oregon Health Authority to create a program to permit licensed service providers to administer psilocybin fungi products to individuals 21 years of age or older	Approved
2020	CISS	Measure 110	Decriminalizes possession of certain drugs and establishes a drug addiction treatment and recovery program funded by the state's marijuana tax revenue	Approved

2010-2019 Ballot Measures

Year	Type	Title	Description	Result
2018	VR	Measure 101	Oregon Measure 101: Healthcare Insurance Premiums Tax for Medicaid Referendum Election date January 23, 2018Topic Taxes and HealthcareStatus ApprovedType ReferendumOrigin Citizens	Approved
2018	LRCA	Measure 102	The Oregon Allow Municipal Bonds for Affordable Housing Amendment, House Joint Resolution 201, is on the ballot in Oregon as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.	Approved
2018	CICA	Measure 103	The Oregon Ban Tax on Groceries Initiative may appear on the ballot in Oregon as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.	Defeated
2018	CICA	Measure 104	The Oregon Definition of Raising Revenue for Three-Fifths Vote Requirement Initiative may appear on the ballot in Oregon as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.	Defeated
2018	CISS	Measure 105	The Oregon Repeal Sanctuary State Law Initiative (#6, 22) may appear on the ballot in Oregon as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018.	Defeated
2018	CICA	Measure 106	The Oregon Ban Public Funds for Abortions Initiative may appear on the ballot in Oregon as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.	Defeated
2016	CISS	Measure 100	Prohibits the sale of products and parts of 12 types of animals in Oregon: rhino, cheetah, tiger, sea turtle, lion, elephant, whale, shark, pangolin, jaguar, ray, and leopard	Approved
2016	LRCA	Measure 94	Removes the mandatory retirement age for judges, which was 75 years old going into the election	Defeated
2016	LRCA	Measure 95	Allows public state universities to invest in equities	Approved
2016	LRCA	Measure 96	Devotes 1.5 percent of state lottery net proceeds toward veterans' services	Approved
2016	CISS	Measure 97	Removes the cap on the corporate gross sales tax, also known as the "minimum tax," and establishes a 2.5 percent tax on gross sales that exceed $25 million	Defeated
2016	CISS	Measure 98	Requires the Oregon Legislature to fund dropout-prevention and career and college readiness programs in Oregon high schools	Approved
2016	CISS	Measure 99	Creates an "Outdoor School Education Fund," sourced from state lottery proceeds, to support outdoor school programs	Approved
2014	LRCA	Measure 86	Creates a fund for Oregonians pursuing post-secondary education and authorizes the financing of this fund via debt	Defeated
2014	LRCA	Measure 87	Allows state judges to be employed by the National Guard and state public universities as teachers and allows school employees to serve in the state legislature	Approved
2014	VR	Measure 88	Repeals Senate Bill 833, which makes four-year driver licenses available to those who cannot prove legal presence in the United States	Defeated
2014	CICA	Measure 89	Add language to the state constitution that prohibits the denial or abridgment of rights on account of a person's sex	Approved
2014	CISS	Measure 90	Creates a top-two system of general election voting where all voters receive the same primary ballot that shows all candidates, regardless of political party	Defeated
2014	CISS	Measure 91	Legalizes recreational marijuana for people ages 21 and older	Approved
2014	CISS	Measure 92	Requires the labeling of certain foodstuffs that were produced with or contained genetically modified organisms	Defeated
2012	LRCA	Measure 77	Authorizes the governor to declare a catastrophic disaster	Approved
2012	LRCA	Measure 78	Changes the terminology in the state Constitution for the three state government branches	Approved
2012	CICA	Measure 79	Prohibits real estate transfer taxes	Approved
2012	CISS	Measure 80	Legalize marijuana for personal use	Defeated
2012	CISS	Measure 81	Prohibit commercial fishers from using gillnets to catch salmon in the mainstem of the lower Columbia River	Defeated
2012	CICA	Measure 82	Authorizes privately-owned casinos	Defeated
2012	CISS	Measure 83	Authorizes a single privately-owned casino in Multnomah County	Defeated
2012	CISS	Measure 84	Phase out estate and inheritance taxes	Defeated
2012	CICA	Measure 85	Allocates the corporate income and excise tax refund to the General Fund to provide additional funding for public education	Approved
2010	VR	Measure 66	Increase taxes on incomes at and above $250,000 for households and $125,000 for individual filers.	Approved
2010	VR	Measure 67	Increase $10 corporate minimum tax and profit tax and establish $150 minimum business tax.	Approved
2010	LRCA	Measure 68	Allow the state to issue bonds to match school district bonds for school capital costs.	Approved
2010	LRCA	Measure 69	Continue to allow the state to use bonds to finance higher education, allowing the purchase of existing buildings and nontax revenues for self-supporting bonds.	Approved
2010	LRCA	Measure 70	Expand eligibility for low-interest home loans from the Oregon War Veterans’ Fund to more veterans and spouses.	Approved
2010	LRCA	Measure 71	Require annual legislative sessions, limiting regular sessions to 160 days in odd-numbered years and 35 days in even-numbered years, with five-day extensions by a two-thirds vote.	Approved
2010	LRCA	Measure 72	Add an exception to the $50,000 borrowing limit to allow the state to issue bonds to finance state real and personal property projects.	Approved
2010	CISS	Measure 73	Increase minimum sentences for certain repeated sex crimes and mandate a 90-day minimum sentence for certain repeated driving under influence convictions.	Approved
2010	CISS	Measure 74	Establish a medical marijuana supply system with licensing, low-income assistance for cardholders, and a marijuana use research program.	Defeated
2010	CISS	Measure 75	Authorize a privately-owned casino in Multnomah County and require the casino to allocate a percentage of their monthly gross revenue to the State Lottery and the Job Growth, Education and Communities Fund.	Defeated
2010	CICA	Measure 76	Continue to allocate 15 percent of lottery proceeds for parks, beaches, wildlife habitat, and watershed protection past 2014.	Approved

2000-2009 Ballot Measures

Year	Type	Title	Description	Result
2008	LRCA	Measure 51	Allow crime victims to seek remedies through due process for violations of their constitutional rights in prosecutions and proceedings.	Approved
2008	LRCA	Measure 52	Allow crime victims to seek remedies through due process for violations of constitutional rights regarding protection from offenders throughout prosecutions and proceedings.	Approved
2008	LRCA	Measure 53	Allow property forfeiture for similar crimes and without conviction.	Approved
2008	LRCA	Measure 54	Align voter eligibility for school board elections with other elections, removing age, residency, and literacy test requirements.	Approved
2008	LRCA	Measure 55	Allow legislators to complete terms representing their elected districts with new redistricting taking effect after the next general election	Approved
2008	LRCA	Measure 56	Eliminate double majority voter turnout requirements for property tax elections held in May and November.	Approved
2008	LRSS	Measure 57	Increase prison sentences for specified drug and property crimes, require addiction treatment to certain offenders, and provide grants for local jails and treatment services.	Approved
2008	CISS	Measure 58	Prohibit teaching public school students in any language other than English for more than two years, except for foreign language classes.	Defeated
2008	CISS	Measure 59	Create an unlimited deduction for federal income taxes on Oregon returns, exempting taxpayers from state or local income taxes on income taxed within Oregon.	Defeated
2008	CISS	Measure 60	Require pay raises for public school teachers based on classroom performance instead of seniority.	Defeated
2008	CISS	Measure 61	Create mandatory minimum prison sentences for certain theft, identity theft, forgery, drug, and burglary crimes.	Defeated
2008	CICA	Measure 62	Allocate 15% of lottery proceeds to a public safety fund, reducing the percentage of funds for other lottery-funded programs.	Defeated
2008	CISS	Measure 63	Exempt residential and farm property owners from building permit requirements for improvements under $35,000.	Defeated
2008	CISS	Measure 64	Prohibit the use of public resources to collect money for political purposes, providing definitions for such terms.	Defeated
2008	CISS	Measure 65	Establish a top-two system for primary elections and change general election nomination processes for most partisan offices.	Defeated
2007	LRSS	Measure 49	Clarify the right to build homes in Measure 37, allowing claimants to build three homes if initially allowed and four to 10 homes with documented property value reductions	Approved
2007	LRCA	Measure 50	Increase cigarette and tobacco taxes, allocating revenues towards the Healthy Kid's Program, tobacco prevention, and healthcare for low-income adults and children.	Defeated
2006	CISS	Measure 39	Prohibit public bodies from condemning privately-held land or buildings if the action results in transferring the property to another private party.	Approved
2006	CICA	Measure 40	Require Oregon Supreme Court and Court of Appeals judges to be elected by and reside in districts.	Defeated
2006	CISS	Measure 41	Change the "personal exemption" tax credit to a tax deduction, enabling taxpayers to claim credit for federal income tax paid and reducing state tax revenue.	Defeated
2006	CISS	Measure 42	Prohibit insurance companies from using credit scores of applicants to calculate rates.	Defeated
2006	CISS	Measure 43	Requires 48-hour notice to un-emancipated minor's parent before providing abortion	Defeated
2006	CISS	Measure 44	Expand the Oregon Prescription Drug Program by removing eligibility restrictions, allowing all Oregonians without prescription drug coverage to participate.	Approved
2006	CICA	Measure 45	Implement legislative term limits of six years in the Oregon House, eight years in the Senate, and 14 years overall.	Defeated
2006	CICA	Measure 46	Allow laws limiting or prohibiting election contributions and expenditures with a 3/4 vote from both legislative houses.	Defeated
2006	CISS	Measure 47	Restrict certain contributions and expenditures to candidates, political committees, and political parties; establish disclosure and reporting requirements.	Approved
2006	CICA	Measure 48	Limit state spending increases from one two-year period to the next to based on the percentage increase in state population plus inflation.	Defeated
2004	VR	Measure 30	Implement temporary and permanent tax increases and changes to maintain certain levels of service in education, healthcare, senior services, and public safety.	Defeated
2004	LRCA	Measure 31	Allow the legislature to postpone an election for elective public office if a nominated candidate dies before the election.	Approved
2004	LRCA	Measure 32	Allow mobile home taxes and fees to be used for nonhighway purposes.	Approved
2004	CISS	Measure 33	Allow non-profit dispensaries to sell marijuana to registered patients and raise possession limits.	Defeated
2004	CISS	Measure 34	Manage state forests for equal conservation and timber production, allocating half of Tillamook and Clatsop state forests for restoration and the rest for timber.	Defeated
2004	CICA	Measure 35	Limit noneconomic damages for injuries from healthcare providers' negligence or recklessness at $500,000, adjusted for inflation.	Defeated
2004	CICA	Measure 36	Establish the policy recognizing valid and legal marriage as between one man and one woman.	Approved
2004	CISS	Measure 37	Allow property owners compensation if after property acquisition, land use regulation restricts use and reduces fair market value	Approved
2004	CISS	Measure 38	End SAIF, transferring workers' compensation insurance responsibilities to the state, which will oversee the accident fund, reinsure it, and fulfill SAIF's existing policy obligations.	Defeated
2003	LRSS	Measure 28	Increase state income tax rates for three years.	Defeated
2003	LRCA	Measure 29	Authorize the state to incur debt for savings on pension liabilities	Approved
2002	LRCA	Measure 10	Allow Oregon’s public universities and colleges to receive stock in exchange for technology they create.	Approved
2002	LRCA	Measure 11	Authorize the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds to help finance the Oregon Health & Science University medical research capital costs.	Approved
2002	LRCA	Measure 13	Convert the education endowment fund into an education stability fund and transfer $220 million to the School Fund.	Defeated
2002	LRCA	Measure 14	Remove historical racial references, such as “negroes,” “mulattoes” and “whites," from the Oregon Constitution.	Approved
2002	LRCA	Measure 15	Authorize the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds for seismic rehabilitation of public education buildings.	Approved
2002	LRCA	Measure 16	Authorize the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds for seismic rehabilitation of emergency services buildings.	Approved
2002	LRCA	Measure 17	Reduce minimum age to serve as a state legislator from 21 to 18 years.	Defeated
2002	LRCA	Measure 18	Allow certain taxing districts to establish permanent tax rate limits and to divide into tax zones.	Defeated
2002	LRCA	Measure 19	Convert the education endowment fund into a stability fund and transfer $150 million from stability fund to the State School Fund.	Approved
2002	LRSS	Measure 20	Increase cigarette taxes by 60 cents per 20-cigarette pack, allocating revenues to the Oregon Health Plan.	Approved
2002	CICA	Measure 21	Require filling judicial vacancies through elections within 90 days, adding "None of the Above" as a ballot option.	Defeated
2002	CICA	Measure 22	Create judicial districts based on population and require Oregon Supreme Court judges and appellate judges to be elected.	Defeated
2002	CISS	Measure 23	Create the Oregon Comprehensive Health Care Finance Plan, funded by new individual progressive income and payroll taxes for medically necessary health services.	Defeated
2002	CISS	Measure 24	Authorize dentist-denturist joint cooperative businesses and allow licensed denturists to install partial dentures to replace missing teeth.	Approved
2002	CISS	Measure 25	Increase the minimum wage to $6.90 and require annual increases for inflation in future years, based on consumer price index.	Approved
2002	CISS	Measure 26	Prohibit payment based on number of signatures collected on initiative and referendum petitions.	Approved
2002	CISS	Measure 27	Require "Genetically-Engineered" label on sold or distributed foods derived from or processed using genetically-engineered material.	Defeated
2000	CICA	Measure 1	Require the legislature to fund school quality goals adequately, issue reports, and establish equalization grants.	Approved
2000	CISS	Measure 2	Create a new process to review administrative rules by the legislature upon the petition of at least 10,000 voters.	Defeated
2000	CICA	Measure 3	Require a conviction before property forfeiture and reporting of forfeitures and restrict the use of proceeds from forfeitures.	Approved
2000	CISS	Measure 4	Create the Oregon Health Plan Trust Fund from tobacco settlement proceeds to be used for public low-income health care.	Defeated
2000	CISS	Measure 5	Expand current background-check requirement beyond handgun transfers by gun dealers.	Approved
2000	CISS	Measure 6	Provide campaign funds to qualifying candidates who limit the amount of political contributions they receive and their campaign spending.	Defeated
2000	LRCA	Measure 77	Change some of certain local districts' property tax authority from temporary to permanent.	Defeated
2000	LRCA	Measure 78	Lengthen the period of time for verifying signatures on initiative and referendum petitions by 15 more days.	Approved
2000	LRCA	Measure 79	Increase the number of signatures required to place a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment on the ballot from 8% to 12% of the total votes cast in the last gubernatorial election	Defeated
2000	LRCA	Measure 80	Allow fuel taxes and vehicle fees to be used for policing highways, roads, streets, and roadside rest areas.	Defeated
2000	LRCA	Measure 81	Allow the legislature to limit recovery of damages in civil actions.	Defeated
2000	VR	Measure 82	Repeal the weight-mile tax, replacing it with a 29 cent per gallon diesel fuel tax, and increase registration fees on most heavy vehicles.	Defeated
2000	LRCA	Measure 83	Allow the Director of Veterans’ Affairs to establish standards for granting veterans’ loans and eliminate specific active duty date requirements.	Approved
2000	LRCA	Measure 84	Require the state to pay for services that the state requires local governments to provide.	Approved
2000	LRCA	Measure 85	Allow counties with over 100,000 inhabitants to be established or reduced to an area smaller than 400 square miles.	Defeated
2000	LRCA	Measure 86	Require refunds to taxpayers when general fund revenues exceed state estimates by two percent or more.	Approved
2000	LRCA	Measure 87	Allow the zoning of sexually oriented businesses without needing to demonstrate actual neighborhood harm.	Defeated
2000	LRSS	Measure 88	Increase the maximum deductible on state income tax returns for federal income taxes paid from $3000 to $5000.	Approved
2000	LRSS	Measure 89	Create the Health Security Fund from tobacco settlement proceeds to be allocated to health, housing, and transportation programs.	Defeated
2000	CICA	Measure 8	Limit state appropriations to 15 percent of Oregonian's total personal income earned in the past two years.	Defeated
2000	VR	Measure 90	Allow regulated utilities to set rates that allow for returns on their undepreciated investments in retired property.	Defeated
2000	CICA	Measure 91	Allow corporate income taxpayers to deduct federal taxes from Oregon taxable income and prohibit local governments from taxing federal income tax payments.	Defeated
2000	CICA	Measure 92	Prohibit employee payroll deductions if any portion of the money will be used for a political purpose, unless the employee gives written permission.	Defeated
2000	CICA	Measure 93	Require voter approval matching this measure's approval percentage for new state and local taxes, fees, or charges, unless exempted.	Defeated
2000	CISS	Measure 94	Repeal mandatory minimum sentences for certain felonies and require resentencing for individuals subjected to previous mandatory minimums.	Defeated
2000	CICA	Measure 95	Prohibit schools from basing teacher pay on tenure or additional courses taken, instead requiring compensation and increases to be based on job performance	Defeated
2000	CICA	Measure 96	Prohibit the legislature from imposing restrictions that hinder initiative and referendum accessibility or affordability for amending the Oregon Constitution.	Defeated
2000	CISS	Measure 97	Prohibit the use of certain animal poisons, body-gripping traps for trapping, and the fur trade involving animals caught in these traps.	Defeated
2000	CICA	Measure 98	Prohibit the use of public resources, including money, employee time, buildings, and equipment, for collecting political funds.	Defeated
2000	CICA	Measure 99	Create a public Home Care Commission to oversee quality services for elderly and disabled individuals receiving publicly funded personal care at home.	Approved
2000	CISS	Measure 9	Prohibit public school instruction encouraging, promoting, or sanctioning homosexual/bisexual behaviors and provide penalties.	Defeated

1990-1999 Ballot Measures

Year	Type	Title	Description	Result
1999	LRCA	Measure 68	Eliminate the Prison Industries Board, shifting responsibilities to the Director of the Department of Corrections.	Approved
1999	LRCA	Measure 69	Provide victims with specified constitutional rights in criminal prosecutions and juvenile court delinquency proceedings	Approved
1999	LRCA	Measure 70	Provide the public with the right to demand a jury trial in criminal cases.	Defeated
1999	LRCA	Measure 71	Require a court to consider the reasonable protection of the victim and public when deciding to pretrial release the accused person.	Approved
1999	LRCA	Measure 72	Allow a murder conviction by nonunanimous (11 to 1) jury verdict instead of an unanimous verdict.	Defeated
1999	LRCA	Measure 73	Limit immunity from criminal prosecution of person ordered to testify about his or her conduct, eliminating complete immunity.	Defeated
1999	LRCA	Measure 74	Require the terms of imprisonment announced in court to be fully served, with some exceptions.	Approved
1999	LRCA	Measure 75	Prohibit felons and persons convicted of a violent misdemeanor within the last five years from serving on grand juries and criminal trial juries.	Approved
1999	LRCA	Measure 76	Require light and heavy vehicles to proportionately share highway costs through vehicle fees and a fuel tax.	Approved
1998	LRCA	Measure 53	Eliminate the 50% voter turnout requirements to pass certain property tax measures.	Defeated
1998	LRCA	Measure 54	Allow the state to guarantee payment of general obligation bonds from qualified school districts, community college districts, and education service districts.	Approved
1998	LRCA	Measure 55	Authorize the state to guarantee earnings under tuition trust fund program.	Defeated
1998	LRSS	Measure 56	Require cities and counties to provide written notice to landowners for proposed zoning ordinances affecting their property.	Approved
1998	VR	Measure 57	Classify the possession of less than one ounce of marijuana as a Class C misdemeanor.	Defeated
1998	CISS	Measure 58	Allow an adopted person 21 years of age or older to obtain a copy of their original birth certificate.	Approved
1998	CICA	Measure 59	Prohibit using public resources to collect or help collect political funds.	Defeated
1998	CISS	Measure 60	Require a vote by mail for biennial primary and general elections.	Approved
1998	CICA	Measure 62	Require additional campaign finance disclosures, regulate signature gathering and guarantee certain contribution methods.	Approved
1998	CICA	Measure 63	Require the same supermajority vote on ballot measures proposing supermajority vote requirements	Approved
1998	CISS	Measure 64	Restrict timber harvest practices, ban chemical herbicides and pesticides in forests, and classify forestland waters as “navigable."	Defeated
1998	CICA	Measure 65	Create a review and approval process of state agency administrative rules by the legislature.	Defeated
1998	CICA	Measure 66	Allocate 15% of lottery revenues to parks, beaches, salmon protection, wildlife habitat restoration, and watershed protection.	Approved
1998	CISS	Measure 67	Permit the medical use of marijuana with physician’s written prescription and establish a state-controlled permit system.	Approved
1997	LRSS	Measure 49	Restrict prison inmates from initiating lawsuits about work assignments and allow interstate shipment of prison-made products.	Approved
1997	LRSS	Measure 50	Replace the tax limitations in Measure 47 with a reduced maximum assessed property value for the 1997-1998 tax year.	Approved
1997	LRSS	Measure 51	Repeal Measure 16 (1994), which allowed persons suffering from a terminal disease to obtain a physician’s prescription for drugs to end his or her life	Defeated
1997	LRSS	Measure 52	Authorize legislation establishing a state lottery bond program to finance public school projects.	Approved
1996	LRCA	Measure 23	Increase the minimum threshold for jury trial guarantees in lawsuits from $200 to $750.	Approved
1996	LRCA	Measure 24	Change the initiative process signature requirements, requiring collection from all congressional districts.	Defeated
1996	LRCA	Measure 25	Require a three-fifths majority in each house to pass revenue-raising bills.	Approved
1996	LRCA	Measure 26	Provide constitutional language for crime law punishment to focus on protecting society, personal responsibility, accountability, and reformation	Approved
1996	LRCA	Measure 27	Authorize the legislature to change and create state agency rules and require such agencies to file with a new legislative committee for new rules or rule changes.	Defeated
1996	LRCA	Measure 28	Repeal pre-service or five-year residency requirements for veterans to receive veterans’ home and farm loans.	Approved
1996	LRCA	Measure 29	Require governor’s appointees to vacate office ninety days after their term.	Defeated
1996	LRCA	Measure 30	Require the state government to pay local governments for the costs of state-mandated programs.	Approved
1996	LRCA	Measure 31	Provide that "obscenity, including child pornography," receives no more free speech protection than under the U.S. Constitution.	Defeated
1996	VR	Measure 32	Authorize lottery bonds for a regional light rail in the Portland Metropolitan Area and other transportation projects.	Defeated
1996	CICA	Measure 33	Prohibit legislative changes to laws from initiatives or referendums for five years and require a three-fifths legislative vote to alter or nullify the law after this period.	Defeated
1996	CISS	Measure 34	Provide sole authority to the State Fish and Wildlife Commission to manage wildlife and repeal Measure 18 of 1994, allowing hunters to utilize bait and dogs when hunting for bears or cougars.	Defeated
1996	CISS	Measure 35	Limit pay bases for healthcare providers to work performed, hourly wages, prearranged salary or benefits, bonuses, or expense reimbursement.	Defeated
1996	CISS	Measure 36	Increase the state minimum wage from $4.75 to $6.50 per hour over three years.	Approved
1996	CISS	Measure 37	Require consumers and dealers to pay deposits on additional types of beverage cans and receive funds for recycling them.	Defeated
1996	CISS	Measure 38	Prohibit livestock compromising state water quality standards from accessing marked water bodies and adjacent affected lands.	Defeated
1996	CICA	Measure 39	Provide that persons have a state constitutional right to receive services from their chosen category of health care provider	Defeated
1996	CICA	Measure 40	Add crime victims' rights to the constitution.	Approved
1996	CICA	Measure 41	Require public employees’ earnings to be expressed as costs borne by the employer for the employee’s benefit.	Defeated
1996	CICA	Measure 42	Require annual standardized testing for public school students in grades 4-12	Defeated
1996	CISS	Measure 43	Reinstate collective bargaining for public safety employees and maintain prohibition of striking by public safety employees.	Defeated
1996	CISS	Measure 44	Increase cigarette and tobacco products taxes, directing revenues to the Oregon Health Plan, tobacco use reduction, and general fund.	Approved
1996	CICA	Measure 45	Raise public employees’ normal retirement age, eliminate medical benefits for non-disability retirees, and limit guaranteed benefits.	Defeated
1996	CICA	Measure 46	Require that a measure to enact a tax or increase a tax must receive approval from a majority of registered voters	Defeated
1996	CICA	Measure 47	Limit property tax collection; require voter approval for new or increased property taxes; and prohibit property assessment beyond market value.	Approved
1996	CICA	Measure 48	Instruct state legislators and congressional delegation to vote for congressional term limits to the federal constitution.	Defeated
1995	LRCA	Measure 21	Authorize state lottery profits to fund public education and establish the Education Endowment Fund.	Approved
1995	LRCA	Measure 22	Require legislative appointees to inhabit in their respective districts for at least one year before appointment and throughout their terms	Approved
1994	CICA	Measure 10	Require a two-thirds vote in each legislative house to reduce a criminal sentence previously approved by voters.	Approved
1994	CISS	Measure 11	Set mandatory sentences for listed felonies and bar early release, leave, or reduced sentences, applied to persons over the age of 15.	Approved
1994	CISS	Measure 12	Repeal prevailing wage law requiring paying public project workers no less than the local prevailing wage rate for similar occupations or trades.	Defeated
1994	CICA	Measure 13	Prohibit government classifications based on homosexuality and spending on expressions of approval of homosexuality.	Defeated
1994	CICA	Measure 14	Add operating and reclamation requirements, ban in-ground chemical process ore mining, and end tax credits for such mining firms.	Defeated
1994	CICA	Measure 15	Require state funding for schools and community colleges at least at the 1993-1995 base amount, adjusted for inflation, deflation, and enrollment changes	Defeated
1994	CISS	Measure 16	Allow person's suffering from a terminal disease to obtain a physician’s prescription for drugs to end his or her life	Approved
1994	CICA	Measure 17	Require state prison inmates to work or train forty hours per week and allow public and private sectors to utilize inmate labor.	Approved
1994	CISS	Measure 18	Prohibit the bait to attract or take black bears or to take black bears and dogs to hunt black bears or cougars, with exceptions.	Approved
1994	CICA	Measure 19	Remove obscenity, including child pornography, from free expression.	Defeated
1994	CICA	Measure 20	Replace property, income, and all other taxes and fees with state "Equal Tax" on the transfer of property, goods and services.	Defeated
1994	LRCA	Measure 2	Allow allocating future vehicle fuel revenues to import fuel and address environmental issues related to storage, use, or distribution.	Defeated
1994	LRCA	Measure 3	Change the deadline for filing candidacy for elective official vacancies from 20 to 61 days before the general election.	Approved
1994	LRCA	Measure 4	Create a vacancy when a legislator is convicted of a felony and disqualify the convicted legislator from holding legislative office.	Approved
1994	CICA	Measure 5	Require voter approval for new or increased state or local taxes, certain fees, and certain charges.	Defeated
1994	CICA	Measure 6	Permit candidates to only use contributions from district residents and require violators to forfeit candidacy or office.	Approved
1994	CICA	Measure 7	Prohibit government from denying equal protection of law due to race, color, religion, gender, age, or national origin.	Defeated
1994	CICA	Measure 8	Require public employees to pay six percent of their salaries toward their pension and prohibit pension increase from unused sick leave.	Approved
1994	CISS	Measure 9	Limit contribution amounts to certain candidates and provide optional limits on candidate spending at elections.	Approved
1993	LRCA	Measure 1	Implement a five percent sales tax to provide additional funding to public education.	Defeated
1993	LRCA	Measure 1	Allow local voters to authorize taxes outside constitutional limitations to repay urban renewal bonds.	Defeated
1992	LRCA	Measure 1	Authorize the issuance and sale of up to $250 million in general obligation bonds for state parks and recreation facilities.	Defeated
1992	LRCA	Measure 1	Allow future fuel tax and registration fee revenues for the policing of public highways and roadside rest areas.	Defeated
1992	LRCA	Measure 2	Allow biennial motor fuel tax increases up to 2 cents per gallon for state park and recreation sites.	Defeated
1992	CICA	Measure 3	Set term limits for House representatives, Senators, statewide elected roles, U.S. Congress House Representatives and Senators.	Approved
1992	CISS	Measure 4	Prohibit permits for triple truck-trailer combinations on state highways.	Defeated
1992	CISS	Measure 5	Close the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant until a permanent federal waste site is licensed and earthquakes and health hazards conditions are met.	Defeated
1992	CISS	Measure 6	Prohibit Trojan Nuclear Power Plant operation unless earthquake standards are met and a permanent waste storage site is available.	Defeated
1992	CICA	Measure 7	Raise property tax rate limits, differentiate rates for school funding in two property categories, and extend equivalent relief to residential renters.	Defeated
1992	CISS	Measure 8	Restrict lower Columbia River fishing to the most selective means possible and allow the release of non-targeted fish unharmed.	Defeated
1992	CICA	Measure 9	Require all state and local governments to discourage, not facilitate, and not recognize homosexuality and other listed “behaviors."	Defeated
1990	CISS	Measure 10	Requires doctors to give a two day notice to the guardian of a minor seeking an abortion	Defeated
1990	CICA	Measure 11	Require open enrollment for students to attend public schools outside their districts and offer state income tax credit for non-public school education expenses	Defeated
1990	LRCA	Measure 1	Allow metropolitan service districts to self-govern metropolitan matters by forming home rule district charters.	Approved
1990	LRCA	Measure 1	Authorize allocation of local vehicle taxes for mass transit with voter approval.	Defeated
1990	LRCA	Measure 2	Allows state general obligation bond funds for pollution and waste control facilities and related activities.	Approved
1990	LRCA	Measure 2	Allow the new tax base of the newly created district would be equal to the sums of merged school districts.	Approved
1990	LRCA	Measure 3	Require annual legislative sessions with a maximum of 135 calendar days in odd-numbered years and 45 days in even-numbered years.	Defeated
1990	VR	Measure 3	Eliminate state income tax exemption on Public Employes Retirement System (PERS) benefits and provide extra benefits to PERS retirees.	Defeated
1990	CISS	Measure 4	Prohibit the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant from operating until nuclear waste, cost, and earthquake standards are met.	Defeated
1990	LRAQ	Measure 5A	Change the K-12 schools financing system in Oregon.	Approved
1990	LRAQ	Measure 5B	Increase the income tax from 5% to 5.8%, from 7% to 8%, and from 9% to 10.4% to reduce homeowner school property taxes.	Defeated
1990	LRAQ	Measure 5C	Increase the 9% top personal income tax rate to eliminate school property taxes on homes.	Defeated
1990	LRAQ	Measure 5D	Implement a 4% sales tax on most goods to reduce K-12 school operating property taxes.	Defeated
1990	LRAQ	Measure 5E	Implement a 5% sales tax on goods and services to eliminate K-12 school operating property taxes.	Defeated
1990	CICA	Measure 5	Set a constitutional limit on property tax allocation for schools and government operations tied to the property's real market value.	Approved
1990	CISS	Measure 6	Require packaging materials to be reusable or recyclable by 1993.	Defeated
1990	CISS	Measure 7	Establish a three-year pilot public work program, substituting government-funded wages for welfare benefits for public assistance recipients.	Approved
1990	CICA	Measure 8	Prohibit abortion in Oregon	Defeated
1990	CISS	Measure 9	Require motor vehicle drivers and passengers to wear safety belts on all public roads in Oregon.	Approved

1980-1989 Ballot Measures

Year	Type	Title	Description	Result
1989	LRCA	Measure 1	Allow the state to use proceeds from forfeited property as designated by the Legislative Assembly.	Approved
1989	LRCA	Measure 1	Revise the tax base limits of school districts and allow school districts to combine their tax bases if they merge.	Defeated
1989	LRCA	Measure 2	Prohibit the sale or export of timber from state-owned lands unless that timber is processed in Oregon.	Approved
1988	LRCA	Measure 1	Extend the deadline for the governor to veto legislation after the legislature adjourns from 20 days to 30 days.	Approved
1988	LRCA	Measure 1	Authorize the Water Development Fund to grant loans for fish protection and watershed restoration.	Approved
1988	LRCA	Measure 2	Allow Common School Fund investment in corporate stocks and authorize the State Land Board to allocate investment revenues for state land management.	Approved
1988	LRSS	Measure 2	Require motorcyclists and their passengers wear protective headgear.	Approved
1988	LRSS	Measure 3	Require seatbelts for motor vehicle drivers and passengers and provide penalties for violations.	Defeated
1988	CISS	Measure 4	Abolish probation, parole, and "indeterminate sentences" for individuals convicted of specified crimes.	Approved
1988	CISS	Measure 5	Increase taxes on malt beverages (such as beer) and cigarettes to finance an Intercollegiate Athletic Fund.	Defeated
1988	CISS	Measure 6	Prohibit public smoking in most indoor places and exempt bars, hotel rooms, tobacco shops, and home workplaces not used by the public.	Defeated
1988	CISS	Measure 7	Add more river sections in the "scenic waterways" system to protect scenic, fishery, wildlife, and recreational values.	Approved
1988	CISS	Measure 8	Remove governor's power to prohibit sexual orientation discrimination in state executive department employment and services	Approved
1987	LRSS	Measure 1	Direct state officials and agencies to continue challenging the federal selection process for high-level nuclear waste repositories	Approved
1987	LRCA	Measure 2	Authorize school districts to levy property taxes up to the last voter-approved amount and require them to adjust budgets if funds are insufficient.	Approved
1986	CISS	Measure 10	Expand crime victims’ rights and role in the criminal justice process, prosecution, and sentencing	Approved
1986	CICA	Measure 11	Exempt part of an owner’s home value from property tax, require equivalent renter’s relief, and prohibit sales tax except by initiative.	Defeated
1986	CISS	Measure 12	Reduce low bracket personal and corporate income tax rates, increase higher bracket rates, and increase revenue to provide property tax relief.	Defeated
1986	CICA	Measure 13	Require a voter to be registered at least twenty days before an election in order to vote.	Approved
1986	CISS	Measure 14	Prohibit nuclear power plant operations until the federal government licenses a permanent radioactive waste disposal site.	Defeated
1986	CISS	Measure 15	Change the definition of radioactive waste to include waste generated before June 1, 1981 from zirconium, hafnium, or niobium production.	Defeated
1986	CISS	Measure 16	Provide tax credits to nuclear weapons manufacturers transitioning to consumer goods and penalize those who did not transition after 1990.	Defeated
1986	LRCA	Measure 1	Prohibit taxing social security or railroad retirement benefits	Approved
1986	LRCA	Measure 1	Remove the constitutional requirement for the Secretary of State live in the state capital, Salem.	Approved
1986	LRCA	Measure 2	Align the tax base of a merged taxing unit, without territory expansion, to include the sum of the previous year's tax bases of all units plus six percent.	Approved
1986	LRCA	Measure 2	Revise the legislative district reapportionment procedures, shortening residency requirements for candidates and permitting voters to recall holdover senators.	Approved
1986	LRCA	Measure 3	Allow charitable, fraternal, and religious organizations to hold raffles, bing, and lotto games.	Approved
1986	LRCA	Measure 3	Establish a method for the Secretary of State verify initiative and referendum petition signatures.	Approved
1986	LRCA	Measure 4	Replace the Public Utility Commissioner with a three member Public Utility Commission.	Approved
1986	LRCA	Measure 4	Require a special election for vacancies in the office of United States Senator.	Approved
1986	LRCA	Measure 5	Authorize the issuance and sale of up to $96 million in bonds for state-county prison buildings.	Defeated
1986	CISS	Measure 5	Allow persons 18 years or older to privately grow or possess marijuana for personal consumption.	Defeated
1986	CICA	Measure 6	Prohibits the use of state funds for abortions	Defeated
1986	CICA	Measure 7	Implement a 5% sales tax to shift school funding from property taxes to sales tax revenue, with a portion of these funds used for property tax relief for renters.	Defeated
1986	CISS	Measure 8	Prohibit the Public Utility Commissioner from requiring local measured telephone service payments from customers.	Approved
1986	CICA	Measure 9	Set maximum property tax rates, limit assessed property value increases to 2%, and require a majority popular vote for any new or increased property taxes.	Defeated
1985	LRCA	Measure 1	Implement sales tax up to five percent to fund educational institutions and reduce income, property and timber taxes.	Defeated
1984	LRCA	Measure 1	Change minimum signatures for a recall referendum from 25% of voters in the last Supreme Court justice elections to 15% of voters in the last gubernatorial election.	Approved
1984	LRCA	Measure 1	Authorize the state to borrow and lend money up to one percent of the true cash value of all taxable property for public works projects.	Defeated
1984	CICA	Measure 2	Limit real property tax to less than 1.5% of 1981 assessed property value and require a majority popular vote for new or increased taxes.	Defeated
1984	LRSS	Measure 2	Increase the minimum registration fee by $10, "farm truck license” fee by 20¢ per 100 pounds, and fees for specified vehicles by up to $20.	Defeated
1984	CISS	Measure 3	Establish the Citizens’ Utility Board, a nonprofit public corporation funded by voluntary contributions to represent the interests of utility consumers.	Approved
1984	CICA	Measure 4	Establish a lottery commission to organize and operate games other than bingo, parimutuel racing, or social gaming, with profits to be used for economic development.	Approved
1984	CISS	Measure 5	Regulate the state lottery by establishing qualifications for commission, director, retailers, vendors, and contractors.	Approved
1984	CICA	Measure 6	Permit the death penalty for aggravated murder with a unanimous jury decision, exempting it from the Oregon Bill of Rights protections.	Approved
1984	CISS	Measure 7	Require the death penalty by lethal injection for aggravated murder when an unanimous jury finds a defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.	Approved
1984	CISS	Measure 8	Revise criminal trial statutes, give prosecutors more control, allow joint trials for multiple defendants, and prohibit dismissals after civil compromises.	Defeated
1984	CISS	Measure 9	Add requirements for the Energy Facility Siting Council to assess and secure radioactive isotopes disposal sites, preventing environmental risks.	Approved
1982	LRCA	Measure 1	Allow up to half of irrigation and drainage projects funds to be allocated to towns with less than thirty thousand persons for water project construction.	Approved
1982	LRCA	Measure 1	Increase a taxing district’s tax base when new property construction causes the district’s true cash value to increase.	Defeated
1982	LRCA	Measure 2	Extend the governor's period to approve or veto bills after the adjournment of a legislative session from 20 to 30 days.	Defeated
1982	LRCA	Measure 2	Allow the sale of bonds for loans financing multifamily housing for elderly and disabled persons and remove low-income requirement.	Approved
1982	LRCA	Measure 3	Authorize state bonds up to $60 million to finance acquisition, construction, equipping, or improvement of correctional facilities.	Defeated
1982	CICA	Measure 3	Limit the annual real property tax to 1.5% of 1979 true cash value of property and prohibit special ad valorem or sales tax on realty.	Defeated
1982	LRSS	Measure 4	Increase commercial vehicle highway tax and fuel tax by 1¢ per gallon, allocating tax revenues to road maintenance and construction.	Defeated
1982	CISS	Measure 4	Permit individuals other than owners, operators, or employees to dispense gasoline at retail locations.	Defeated
1982	LRSS	Measure 5	Empower the governor, instead of judges of the court, to appoint the Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court.	Defeated
1982	CISS	Measure 5	Send a message from the “People of Oregon” urge the U.S. President to propose a joint halt to nuclear activities with the Soviet Union.	Approved
1982	CISS	Measure 6	Remove the requirement for local land use plans to align with statewide planning goals.	Defeated
1980	LRCA	Measure 1	Limit the uses of gasoline and highway user tax revenues to solely highways, park and recreation areas, and weighmaster activities.	Approved
1980	LRCA	Measure 1	Repeal the election of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to be appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate.	Defeated
1980	LRCA	Measure 2	Authorize laws permitting liquor-by-the-drink licenses for other passenger common carriers such as buses	Defeated
1980	LRCA	Measure 2	Remove language prohibiting voting by a person considered an 'idiot or mentally diseased person' and instead guarantee full voting rights to mentally handicapped individuals	Approved
1980	LRCA	Measure 3	Authorize state bonds up to one-half of one percent of value of taxable property in the state for small scale local energy project loans.	Approved
1980	LRCA	Measure 3	Allocate revenues from oil and natural gas taxes, except motor vehicle fuel taxes, to the Common School Fund and limit such taxes to 6%.	Approved
1980	LRSS	Measure 4	Increase the motor vehicle and aircraft fuel taxes from 7 to 9¢ per gallon and flat rate taxes on commercial vehicles using non-gasoline fuel.	Defeated
1980	LRCA	Measure 4	Standardize veterans’ home and farm loan eligibility requirements.	Approved
1980	LRSS	Measure 5	Continue the tax reduction program after 1980, which limits property assessment increases to five percent	Approved
1980	CISS	Measure 5	Prohibit the sale and use of snare and leghold traps, except to temporarily control predatory livestock loss or to protect human health and safety.	Defeated
1980	LRCA	Measure 6	Define "multifamily housing" for low income elderly housing bond program to include various structures used by low-income elderly households.	Approved
1980	CICA	Measure 6	Limit the annual real property tax to 1% of the 1977 true cash value of property and prohibit sales and transaction taxes on real property.	Defeated
1980	CISS	Measure 7	Require a federally licensed permanent disposal facility for nuclear waste and approval for plant financing.	Approved
1980	LRCA	Measure 8	Authorize bonds up to four thirty-fifths of one percent of true cash value of taxable property to fund state, regional, and local correctional facilities.	Defeated

1970-1979 Ballot Measures

Year	Type	Title	Description	Result
1978	CICA	Measure 10	Require the legislature to assume the Land Conservation and Development Commission's policy-making responsibilities.	Defeated
1978	LRCA	Measure 11	Halve homeowners' taxes by up to $1,500 and offer similar relief to renters; freeze assessed property values for one tax year.	Defeated
1978	LRAQ	Measure 12	Advise officials of support for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would "require a federal balanced budget, except in the event of a national emergency"	Approved
1978	LRCA	Measure 1	Require a 90-day minimum for filing petitions and set signature requirements for petitions based on the county's Governor election percentage.	Approved
1978	LRCA	Measure 1	Authorize the governor to appoint judges from nonpartisan nominations, serving until the next general election, followed by a six-year elected term.	Defeated
1978	LRCA	Measure 2	Require open joint committees meetings and establish rules for transparency in each house and joint activities involving both houses.	Approved
1978	LRCA	Measure 2	Require State Senate confirmation for Governor-appointed state public offices, excluding judges, U.S. Senators and Representatives, and local positions.	Approved
1978	LRCA	Measure 3	Authorizes bonds up to one-half of one percent of true cash value of taxable property to fund multifamily housing for low income elderly.	Approved
1978	VR	Measure 3	Require annual vehicle registration, adjust carrier rates, reduce recreational vehicle fees, and require emissions tests for Portland Metropolitan Area vehicles.	Defeated
1978	LRCA	Measure 4	Authorize bond debt up to 0.5% of the value of property in the state to acquire local government obligations for public water systems.	Defeated
1978	CISS	Measure 4	Allow the creation of People’s Utility Districts to authorize bonds for initial utility facilities and supply public utility services and shorten formation procedures.	Defeated
1978	LRSS	Measure 5	Prioritize highway maintenance under the Six Year Highway Improvement Plan before new highway construction and increase the state motor vehicle fuel tax from 7¢ to 9¢ per gallon.	Defeated
1978	CISS	Measure 5	Require the licensing of denturists and their assistants, establish licensing requirements, and create the Advisory Council on Denture Technology.	Approved
1978	CICA	Measure 6	Limit ad valorem real property taxes to 1.5% “full cash value," with a maximum 2% annual inflation increase.	Defeated
1978	CICA	Measure 7	Prohibit state agencies from spending public money for abortions and from providing any programs or services promoting abortion	Defeated
1978	CISS	Measure 8	Require a separate sentencing procedure after a murder conviction with the death penalty based on the judge’s findings of deliberate actions and ongoing threat to society.	Approved
1978	CISS	Measure 9	Prohibit public utilities from collecting rates based on non-utility-related costs.	Approved
1977	LRCA	Measure 1	Limit school districts to two elections per year to authorize a tax levy outside their tax base unless voters petition for additional elections.	Defeated
1977	LRCA	Measure 1	Permit state debt up to 1.5% of all property value to create the Water Development Fund to finance loans for water development projects.	Approved
1977	LRCA	Measure 2	Repeal and replace Article XI-D of the Oregon Constitution to shift from state control of hydroelectric projects to allowing the state to fund nonnuclear energy development through public or private utilities	Defeated
1977	LRCA	Measure 2	Authorize the Oregon War Veterans’ Fund to support veterans’ organizations and services, train service officers, and Director of Veterans Affairs costs.	Approved
1977	LRCA	Measure 3	Increase the debt limit for veterans’ farm and home loans from six to eight percent of the true cash value of property within the state.	Approved
1976	CISS	Measure 10	Create the Land Conservation and Development Commission and Department to review and control local land use plans.	Defeated
1976	CISS	Measure 11	Prohibit adding fluoride to community water supply systems	Defeated
1976	CISS	Measure 12	Repeal intergovernmental agreements and dissolve the regional planning agency for the Clackamas-Washington-Multnomah County metropolitan area.	Defeated
1976	LRCA	Measure 1	Permit multiple legislative acts to amend a statute, with the last act signed by the Governor taking precedence in case of conflicting acts.	Approved
1976	LRCA	Measure 1	Expand the eligibility of World War II veterans to receive home and farm loans.	Approved
1976	LRCA	Measure 2	Require city officers' nominations on the state-wide primary election day and city and county officers' elections on the state-wide general election day.	Defeated
1976	LRCA	Measure 2	Allow the Supreme Court to suspend or censure judge for misconduct.	Approved
1976	LRCA	Measure 3	Authorize bonds up to 0.5% of property value for housing projects and lenders for multifamily homes benefiting the elderly.	Defeated
1976	LRCA	Measure 3	Lower the minimum age for legislative service from 21 to 18 and require legislators to be registered voters of Oregon.	Defeated
1976	LRCA	Measure 4	Repeal the provision allowing legislature to provide emergency succession to public offices and to government continuity measures.	Approved
1976	LRCA	Measure 4	Authorize taxes on motor vehicle ownership, operation, and use to fund mass transit.	Defeated
1976	LRCA	Measure 5	Allow the legislature to initiate a special session anytime and require convening within five days after an emergency has been called.	Approved
1976	LRCA	Measure 6	Allow tax-exempt organizations, including charitable, fraternal, and religious organizations, to conduct bingo or lotto games.	Approved
1976	LRSS	Measure 7	Provide public funding for general election communication expenses by allowing voluntary checkoffs on state income tax returns.	Defeated
1976	VR	Measure 8	Increase the motor fuel tax from seven to eight cents per gallon and adjust tax rates for commercial vehicles based on weight-mile and flat fees.	Defeated
1976	CISS	Measure 9	Regulate nuclear power plant construction by eliminating liability limits, ensuring operational effectiveness, and establishing a secure waste disposal system.	Defeated
1974	LRCA	Measure 10	Amend the state Constitution to align with U.S. Constitution; lower the minimum voting age 21 to 18; reduce the state residency requirement from 6 months to 30 days; and remove the literacy requirement.	Approved
1974	LRCA	Measure 11	Increase the minimum amount of a claim in a civil action for which the right to a jury trial is guaranteed from $20 to $200.	Approved
1974	LRCA	Measure 12	Authorize bonds up to at 1% of taxable property value to assist cities and counties with community development projects to meet federal financing qualifications.	Defeated
1974	VR	Measure 13	Prohibit the distribution of "obscene" material and hosting live sex shows in public areas or clubs.	Approved
1974	LRSS	Measure 14	Establish rules for public officials' financial matters and conflicts of interest and create the Oregon Government Ethics Commission	Approved
1974	CISS	Measure 15	Prohibit commercial fishing of rainbow trout and designate rainbow trout and anadromous steelhead for recreational angling.	Approved
1974	LRCA	Measure 1	Permit liquor-by-the-drink licenses for any public passenger carrier.	Defeated
1974	LRSS	Measure 1	Increase personal income tax rates by 1% and change corporation tax laws to graduate income tax to support public primary education.	Defeated
1974	LRCA	Measure 2	Require all deliberations of the legislature and all legislative committees to be open to the public.	Approved
1974	LRCA	Measure 2	Permit the use of motor vehicle fuel and registration tax revenues for mass transit.	Defeated
1974	LRCA	Measure 3	Provide that a grand jury indictment is not necessary for felony prosecution if a magistrate finds sufficient evidence of guilt.	Approved
1974	LRCA	Measure 3	Establish a new property tax limit for school districts, abolishing the existing 6% limitation, and require voter approval for future school tax base increases.	Defeated
1974	LRCA	Measure 4	Authorize bonds up to 1.5% of true cash value of all property in the state for a water development fund.	Defeated
1974	LRCA	Measure 4	Repeal the thirty-year minimum age requirement for a person succeeding to the Office of Governor under Section 8a, Article V.	Approved
1974	LRCA	Measure 5	Increase the maximum bonds for the War Veterans’ Fund from four percent to six percent of true cash value of all property in the state.	Approved
1974	LRCA	Measure 6	Permit the legislature to convene a special session by its presiding officers upon written requests from a majority of members of each House.	Defeated
1974	LRCA	Measure 6	Permit the legislature to prescribe qualifications by law for the office of county assessor.	Approved
1974	LRCA	Measure 7	Prevent the reduction of tax base when federal revenue sharing allows for a lower levy than the maximum permitted.	Defeated
1974	LRCA	Measure 8	Reduce the minimum voting age for school district election from 21 to 18 and the residency requirement from 6 months to 30 days.	Defeated
1974	LRCA	Measure 9	Allow most types of state employees to simultaneously serve as members of the legislature.	Defeated
1973	LRCA	Measure 1	Revise how educational institutions receive tax revenues.	Defeated
1972	VR	Measure 1	Increase the tax on cigarettes from four cents to nine cents per package.	Approved
1972	LRCA	Measure 1	Remove the literacy requirement and lower the minimum voting age from 21 to 18 years of age for all elections.	Defeated
1972	LRCA	Measure 1	Repeal the geographic requirements for state institutions, allowing their location outside Marion County without voter approval.	Approved
1972	LRCA	Measure 2	Allow the legislature to define the qualifications for county sheriff.	Approved
1972	LRCA	Measure 2	Repeal requirement to conduct a decennial census “of all the white population of the State."	Approved
1972	LRCA	Measure 3	Permit counties to buy or lease property for up to ten years, with an annual payment capped at 0.01% of the county's total taxable property value.	Defeated
1972	LRCA	Measure 3	Allow a majority of members of each legislative house to convene a special legislative session by joint resolution or by petition filed with the presiding officers.	Defeated
1972	LRCA	Measure 4	Authorize the issuance and sale of bonds up to 0.25% of true cash value of all taxable property for state capital construction projects.	Defeated
1972	LRCA	Measure 4	Repeal constitutional provision that banned public funding for religious institutions	Defeated
1972	LRCA	Measure 5	Authorize bonds up to one percent of true cash value of taxable property in the state for irrigation and water development projects.	Defeated
1972	LRCA	Measure 5	Permit juries to be comprised of less than twelve, but not less than six jurors.	Approved
1972	VR	Measure 6	Allow counties to levy a $10 annual vehicle registration tax for highway and park purposes, with revenue shared among the county and its cities.	Defeated
1972	LRCA	Measure 6	Expand eligibility for veterans’ loans for individuals who served between 1940-1947 and 1950-1960, and extend loan access to spouses of service members killed, missing in action, or prisoners of war.	Approved
1972	CISS	Measure 7	Repeal the retirement fund for the office of governor.	Approved
1972	CICA	Measure 8	Change the gubernatorial line of succession to proceed in the order of Secretary of State, Treasurer, President of the Senate, and Speaker of State House of Representatives	Approved
1972	CICA	Measure 9	Prohibit the levy of property taxes to pay for the operating expenses of elementary schools, high schools, and community colleges.	Defeated
1970	CICA	Measure 10	Establish new tax bases for schools based on current expenditures plus 6% annual increase and restrict levies outside of tax base.	Defeated
1970	CICA	Measure 11	Limit the state and county governments from altering the zoning, subdivision, or building code outside city limits without voter approval and grant residents initiative and referendum powers over such matters.	Defeated
1970	LRCA	Measure 1	Allow the legislature to convene for a special session upon concurrence of a majority of members of both the House of Representatives and Senate.	Defeated
1970	LRCA	Measure 1	Authorize bonds not exceeding 0.25% of true cash value of all taxable property for state capital construction projects.	Defeated
1970	LRCA	Measure 2	Adopt changes the U.S. Congress makes in computing the federal income tax and require the legislature to review such changes.	Approved
1970	LRCA	Measure 2	Remove the provision regarding white foreigners from the state constitution	Approved
1970	LRCA	Measure 3	Remove outdated sections from Oregon Constitution; add 5 members to each legislative house; extend legal counsel to indigents; and prohibit the state from selling or donating state-owned ocean shore.	Defeated
1970	LRCA	Measure 3	Exempt contracts for services with state government and contracts to purchase or lease property from county indebtedness limitations.	Defeated
1970	LRCA	Measure 4	Authorize bonds up to one percent of true cash value of all taxable property in the state for pollution control projects.	Approved
1970	LRCA	Measure 4	Permit the state to invest donations for public higher education in the stock of any firm.	Approved
1970	LRCA	Measure 5	Lower the legal voting age from 21 to 19 years of age.	Defeated
1970	LRCA	Measure 5	Increase bonding limits for the Oregon War Veterans’ Fund from 3% to 4% of the true cash value of all property within the state.	Approved
1970	LRCA	Measure 6	Provide an exception to the 6% property tax limitation, authorize legislature to increase tax bases for taxing units, and use revenues to reduce school district tax levies.	Defeated
1970	LRCA	Measure 6	Provide that a defeated incumbent cannot hold office beyond the elected term and appoint a temporary successor if an election is being contested.	Approved
1970	LRCA	Measure 7	Authorize bonds up to 1% of the true cash value of taxable property for common or union high school districts or area education districts and implement a statewide property tax to pay bonds.	Defeated
1970	LRSS	Measure 8	Allow the establishment and operation of state prisons or other correctional institutions outside of Marion County without voter approval.	Approved
1970	CISS	Measure 9	Designate a number of rivers or portions of rivers as “scenic waterways,” prohibiting dams and reservoirs, regulate resource extraction within a one-mile radius, and allow the governor to designate additional “scenic waterways."	Approved

1960-1969 Ballot Measures

Year	Type	Title	Description	Result
1969	LRCA	Measure 1	Implement three percent tax exempting food and prescription medicine, prohibit tax increases without people’s vote, and increase corporate taxes.	Defeated
1968	LRCA	Measure 1	Authorize the State Land Board to use the Common School Fund funds for land conservation and management, allocating investment interest to support primary and secondary education.	Approved
1968	LRCA	Measure 1	Authorize state farm and home loans to veterans with 210 days of active duty service, 90 days of service during war dates, or those discharged due to a disability.	Approved
1968	LRCA	Measure 2	Change the signature requirements for petitions from total votes cast for Supreme Court Justice to total votes cast for Governor in the preceding election.	Approved
1968	LRCA	Measure 2	Allow the Oregon Supreme Court to remove judges for felony convictions, moral turpitude, persistent failure to perform duties, or for habitual drunkenness or illegal narcotics use.	Approved
1968	LRCA	Measure 3	Set new bond limitation for higher education and community college building programs at 0.75% of true cash value of taxable property.	Approved
1968	LRCA	Measure 3	Authorize the legislature to extend the state’s seaward boundaries or jurisdiction.	Approved
1968	LRCA	Measure 4	Expand constitutional county debt limitations, authorizing the purchase or leasing of property for not more than 10 years.	Defeated
1968	LRCA	Measure 5	Provide for the consolidation of city-county governments in counties with a city population of over 300,000.	Approved
1968	CICA	Measure 6	Authorize bonds and a one cent gasoline tax to acquire privately-owned Pacific Ocean beaches and prohibit highway construction on beaches.	Defeated
1968	CICA	Measure 7	Repeal the 6% property tax limitation and provide a new property tax limitation at 1.5% market value with various exemptions.	Defeated
1966	LRCA	Measure 1	Require public transportation agencies to “make fair and equitable arrangements to protect the interests” of employees and retired employees.	Approved
1966	LRSS	Measure 1	Levy a 4 cents per package tax on cigarettes, allocating half of the revenue for property tax relief and the other half divided equally among cities and counties.	Approved
1966	LRCA	Measure 2	Authorize bonds to construct self-supporting community college facilities and permit the use of state education facilities’ revenues to finance projects.	Defeated
1966	LRCA	Measure 2	Permit the legislature to determine the selection method for the Superintendent of Public Instruction, repealing the constitutional requirement for their election.	Defeated
1964	LRCA	Measure 1	Abolish the death penalty for first degree murder, replacing the penalty with life imprisonment.	Approved
1964	LRCA	Measure 1	Authorize up to $25 million in bonds for higher education and $5 million for community colleges and education centers in an education building program.	Approved
1964	LRCA	Measure 2	Permit the state to lease public property for up to twenty years.	Approved
1964	CISS	Measure 3	Change the Workmen’s Compensation Law from elective to compulsory state system, requiring employers to insure under state system and increasing benefits.	Defeated
1964	CISS	Measure 4	Prohibit commercial fishing for salmon and steelhead from all state inland waters.	Defeated
1963	VR	Measure 1	Remove federal tax deductions, lower personal income tax rates, provide a minimum tax, and increase corporate income tax rates.	Defeated
1962	CISS	Measure 10	Repeal the school district reorganization law and unify administrative districts.	Defeated
1962	LRCA	Measure 1	Authorize the legislature to reorganize the state militia and empower the Governor and Adjutant General to appoint all officers.	Approved
1962	LRCA	Measure 1	Change the six percent limitation by preventing tax base loss for taxing bodies, allowing the first-year levy without an election, and setting fixed election dates.	Defeated
1962	LRCA	Measure 2	Revise the forest rehabilitation constitutional debt limit from 3/4 of 1% assessed valuation to 3/16 of 1% all taxable property value.	Approved
1962	LRCA	Measure 2	Establish and pay state legislators’ salaries in the same manner as other elected state officers' salaries.	Approved
1962	LRCA	Measure 3	Revise the debt limit for permanent road purposes from 4% assessed valuation to 1% true cash value of all taxable property in state.	Approved
1962	LRCA	Measure 4	Revise the debt limit for power development purposes from 6% assessed valuation to to 1.5% true cash value of all taxable property.	Approved
1962	LRCA	Measure 5	Authorize the legislature to create lower state courts and regulate their jurisdiction.	Approved
1962	LRSS	Measure 6	Establish daylight saving time from the last Sunday in April until the last Saturday in September.	Approved
1962	LRCA	Measure 7	Change the six percent limitation by preventing tax base loss for taxing bodies, setting fixed election dates, and exempting required expenditures from the $5,000 county debt limitation.	Approved
1962	CICA	Measure 9	Increase Senate members limit to 35 and the House of Representatives to 65, providing new formula for both fixed and population-based districts.	Defeated
1960	LRCA	Measure 10	Allow the legislature to provide that an elective office becomes vacant when the official holding office is elected to another office.	Approved
1960	LRCA	Measure 11	Require home rule counties to pay for local improvements by taxing property that benefit from such improvements.	Approved
1960	LRCA	Measure 12	Authorize the legislature to mandate the continuation of local and state government in the event of an attack.	Approved
1960	LRCA	Measure 13	Set constitutional bonding limits for war veterans’ loans from four percent to three percent true cash value of all property in the state.	Approved
1960	VR	Measure 14	Increase state tax revenues, abolish federal income tax deductions, and lower personal income tax rates.	Defeated
1960	CISS	Measure 15	Prohibit certain advertising signs within 600 feet of interstate highways and regulate permissible signs.	Defeated
1960	LRCA	Measure 1	Align the start of a legislator’s term with the start of the regular legislative session following their election.	Approved
1960	LRCA	Measure 1	Increase the salaries of state legislators from $600 to $2100 per year.	Defeated
1960	LRSS	Measure 2	Establish daylight saving time in Oregon from the last Sunday in April until the last Sunday in September.	Defeated
1960	LRCA	Measure 3	Allow urban redevelopment projects to be paid through increased property tax revenues resulting from increased property values.	Approved
1960	LRCA	Measure 4	Permit district attorneys to commence criminal prosecutions by filing written charges, or “informations,” or by grand jury indictment.	Defeated
1960	LRCA	Measure 5	Allow the legislature to revise the constitution and refer their revisions to voters for approval.	Approved
1960	LRCA	Measure 6	Allow the state to increase its bonded indebtedness to construct additional self-liquidating higher education facilities.	Approved
1960	LRCA	Measure 7	Allow voter to vote for the United States President without meeting the six-month state residency requirement for other elections.	Approved
1960	LRCA	Measure 8	Authorize issuance of state bonds to construct buildings for state institutions, office buildings, and higher education facilities.	Defeated
1960	LRCA	Measure 9	Require judges to retire at age 75 and allow the legislature to require retirement of judges when disabled or at age 70.	Approved

1950-1959 Ballot Measures

Year	Type	Title	Description	Result
1958	LRCA	Measure 10	Allow the state to acquire and develop hydroelectric, thermal, and nuclear power facilities for wholesale electrical transmission or direct sale to industries.	Defeated
1958	LRCA	Measure 11	Allow counties, with voter approval, to adopt a home rule charter to exercise authority over county-level concerns.	Approved
1958	LRSS	Measure 12	Authorize the Board of Control to discontinue using the Eastern Oregon and University State Tuberculosis Hospitals.	Approved
1958	CICA	Measure 13	Allow employees or members of a school board or the Board of Higher Education to serve as legislators.	Approved
1958	LRCA	Measure 1	Adjust the state's boundaries with Washington along the Columbia River	Approved
1958	LRCA	Measure 2	Increase bond issuances from four to six percent of property value to fund farm and home loans for World War II and the Korean War veterans.	Defeated
1958	LRCA	Measure 3	Increase the annual salaries of state legislators from $600 to $1,200.	Defeated
1958	LRCA	Measure 4	Remove the death penalty for first degree murder from the constitution and allow the legislature to determine appropriate penalty.	Defeated
1958	LRCA	Measure 5	Implement property taxes on the increased value of property within an urban redevelopment or renewal project to pay debts from the development.	Defeated
1958	LRCA	Measure 6	Authorize the legislature to fix the maximum limitation on county indebtedness incurred.	Approved
1958	LRCA	Measure 7	Authorize the legislature to enact laws permitting the calling of a special grand jury.	Approved
1958	LRCA	Measure 8	Authorize the legislature to alter or terminate any state institution located outside of Marion County ten years after its establishment.	Approved
1958	LRCA	Measure 9	Authorize the Oregon Supreme Court to temporarily appoint judges to the Supreme Court and lower courts and outside of their elected districts.	Approved
1956	LRCA	Measure 1	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.	Defeated
1956	LRCA	Measure 2	Authorize the state to accept, hold, and dispose of corporate stock that has gifted to the state.	Approved
1956	LRCA	Measure 3	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.	Approved
1956	LRCA	Measure 4	Authorize the legislature to prescribe qualifications for county coroner and county surveyor.	Approved
1956	LRCA	Measure 5	Increase the annual salaries of state legislators from $600 to $1,200.	Defeated
1956	VR	Measure 6	Implement a sales tax of three cents on a package of cigarettes.	Defeated
1956	CISS	Measure 7	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.	Approved
1954	LRCA	Measure 1	Authorize the legislature to fix the salaries of its members.	Defeated
1954	LRCA	Measure 2	Authorize the legislature to divide counties with more than one senator or representative into subdistricts.	Approved
1954	LRSS	Measure 3	Locate a previously authorized domiciliary hospital for the aged mentally ill within a twenty-mile radius of the Multnomah County Courthouse.	Approved
1954	LRCA	Measure 4	Increase the required voter signatures for a constitutional amendment from 8% to 10% of the legal voters who voted for the Supreme Court justice at the previous election.	Approved
1954	LRCA	Measure 5	Establish the maximum state property tax levy limit at six mills, unless a higher levy is authorized by voters.	Defeated
1954	CISS	Measure 6	Establish daylight saving time throughout the State of Oregon.	Defeated
1954	CISS	Measure 7	Prohibit fishing for salmon or trout by any method except hook and line in any coastal stream south of the Columbia River.	Defeated
1954	CISS	Measure 8	Repeal laws empowering the State Board of Agriculture and the Milk Marketing Administrator to regulate milk production and sale.	Approved
1952	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Provide for the appointment, instead of the election, of the superintendent of public instruction by the state board of education.	Defeated
1952	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Transfer all the assets of the world war veterans’ state aid sinking fund to the common school fund.	Approved
1952	LRSS	Measure Nos. 304-305	Authorize the construction of a domiciliary hospital to care and treat mentally ill elderly persons in Multnomah County.	Approved
1952	LRCA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Require voter approval for any taxing unit to increase annual tax revenue beyond the highest amount levied in the past three years	Approved
1952	LRCA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Authorize state credit and debt up to 4% of assessable property to allocate funds for military veterans to purchase farms and homes.	Approved
1952	LRCA	Measure Nos. 310-311	Authorize the legislature to establish a committee to oversee budgets of state officers, departments, and agencies.	Approved
1952	LRCA	Measure Nos. 312-313	Set the term lengths for state senators at four years and state representatives at two years, starting on the first Monday in January after an election.	Approved
1952	LRCA	Measure Nos. 314-315	Require each legislative act have a single subject expressed in its title and void any act with a title-subject mismatch.	Approved
1952	LRSS	Measure Nos. 316-317	Limit the state from levying property taxes over six mills multiplied by the total equalized property value.	Approved
1952	VR	Measure Nos. 318-319	Increase the tax on motor carriers used to transport persons or property and provide a formula to determine the tax.	Approved
1952	VR	Measure Nos. 320-321	Require the state board of education to provide criteria for school district reorganization program to include all state territory in a unified school district.	Defeated
1952	VR	Measure Nos. 322-323	Establish a 1.5 cents tax on every ten cigarettes sold, consumed, handled, or distributed by any person.	Defeated
1952	CISS	Measure Nos. 324-325	Abolish daylight saving time and implement the United States standard time as established by the U.S. Congress.	Approved
1952	CICA	Measure Nos. 326-327	Prohibit gambling on animal and vehicle races and provide penalties for violations.	Defeated
1952	CICA	Measure Nos. 328-329	Authorize the state to license certain organizations and establishments to sell alcohol by glass and allow local elections to decide on licensing.	Approved
1952	CICA	Measure Nos. 330-331	Reevaluate taxes for highways, roads, and bridges based on vehicle weight and fuel tax based on gallonage.	Defeated
1952	CISS	Measure Nos. 332-333	Authorize the governor to appoint a milk control administrator to investigate and regulate milk production for human consumption.	Defeated
1952	CICA	Measure Nos. 334-335	Require the legislature to reapportion representatives among counties by population after each federal census.	Approved
1950	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Set state legislators' annual salary at $600 and 10 cents for every mile traveled to and from the capital, with presiding officers receiving additional compensation.	Approved
1950	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Authorize the state to loan credit and incur debt up to 0.75% of the taxable property value to construct and improve education buildings.	Approved
1950	LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Authorize the state to loan credit and incur indebtedness up to 4% of taxable property value to support the state war veterans' fund.	Approved
1950	LRSS	Measure Nos. 306-307	Levy an annual state property tax generating an $30 per child for a total of $80 per child between four and twenty for a school support fund.	Approved
1950	VR	Measure Nos. 308-309	Provide public monetary assistance to people defined as “needy” to be used for medical, nursing, and care expenses.	Approved
1950	VR	Measure Nos. 310-311	Establish a uniform standard time throughout the State of Oregon.	Approved
1950	CICA	Measure Nos. 312-313	Authorized state indebtedness up to 5% of property value to create a fund compensating World War II veterans $10 a month for domestic and $15 a month for foreign service.	Approved
1950	CICA	Measure Nos. 314-315	Require the reapportionment of representation every ten years and increase the number of state senators to 36.	Defeated
1950	CISS	Measure Nos. 316-317	Prohibit alcohol advertisements through posters, circulars, newspapers, periodicals, and radio broadcasts and provide penalties for violations.	Defeated

1940-1949 Ballot Measures

Year	Type	Title	Description	Result
1948	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Allow the establishment of new tax bases after the legal voters authorize the over six percent limit tax levy.	Defeated
1948	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Authorize state indebtedness, not exceeding 0.75% of taxable property, for forest rehabilitation, reforestation, and acquisition of lands.	Approved
1948	LRSS	Measure Nos. 304-305	Establish a camp for delinquent boys near Timber, Washington County to provide them with “useful occupations, discipline, moral and spiritual instruction.”	Approved
1948	VR	Measure Nos. 306-307	Require the hydroelectric commission to establish the maximum rate of return and amortization in licensing.	Defeated
1948	CICA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Require school election voters to have resided in the school district six months prior to the election, be registered, and be literate.	Approved
1948	CISS	Measure Nos. 310-311	Provide $50 a month to “needy” female citizens 60 or older, and male citizens, 65 or older, for food, clothing, housing, and other needed care.	Approved
1948	CISS	Measure Nos. 312-313	Provide $750 income tax exemptions for single persons and $1,500 for married couples and require tax filings for incomes over $4,000.	Approved
1948	CISS	Measure Nos. 314-315	Authorize the issuance of dispensing licenses, permit serving and selling alcoholic beverages, and require annual license fees and a liquor tax.	Defeated
1948	CICA	Measure Nos. 316-317	Authorize the World War II Veterans’ State Aid Fund, funded by bond sales, to provide World War II veterans with cash bonuses.	Defeated
1948	CISS	Measure Nos. 318-319	Prohibit the use of fixed appliances, such as traps, to catch salmon and trout in the Columbia River, with exceptions for the government and Native Americans.	Approved
1948	CRSS	Measure Nos. 320-321	Levy a tax amounting to $6,430,069.10 to meet appropriations and expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949.	Defeated
1947	LRSS	Measure Nos. 300-301	Implement a three percent retail sales tax to fund public assistance, property tax relief, and state, counties, cities, and school districts.	Defeated
1947	VR	Measure Nos. 302-303	Levy a one-tenth of one cent tax on each cigarette distributed or sold.	Defeated
1946	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Establish a line of succession for the office of the governor in the event of removal, death, absence, or resignation.	Approved
1946	LRSS	Measure Nos. 302-303	Levy an annual 0.45 of a mill property tax over a period of ten years to construct and equip armories.	Defeated
1946	LRSS	Measure Nos. 304-305	Establish rural school districts and school boards.	Approved
1946	LRCA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Allow individuals of Chinese ethnicity to own real estate and mining claims, repealing provisions that prohibited them from doing so.	Approved
1946	LRCA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Require the legislature to read every bill by title only, except in cases of emergency or by a two-thirds vote.	Approved
1946	LRCA	Measure Nos. 310-311	Increase the number of state senators from 30 to 31.	Defeated
1946	VR	Measure Nos. 312-313	Prohibit commercial fishing in Nestucca Bay and require state fish and game commissions to conduct coastal stream surveys, submitting recommendations to the legislature.	Approved
1946	CISS	Measure Nos. 314-315	Authorize a three percent gross income tax to create a pension fund for citizens over 60 and permanently disabled citizens over 18.	Defeated
1946	CISS	Measure Nos. 316-317	Levy an annual tax sufficient to generate $50 for each child between ages four and twenty within the state.	Approved
1945	LRSS	Measure Nos. 300-301	Levy a $5 million tax annually for two years to create a state building fund.	Approved
1945	LRSS	Measure Nos. 302-303	Levy a one-tenth of one cent tax on every cigarette sold and allocate such revenues to the state public school assistance fund.	Defeated
1944	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Authorize banks to secure depositors through membership in the federal deposit insurance corporation while maintaining double liability.	Approved
1944	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Allow counties, with a majority vote, to adopt a county manager and commission form of county government.	Approved
1944	LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Authorize state debt up to three percent of assessed property value for WWII veteran home loans and levy an additional 2 mill property tax for principal payment and issued bond interest.	Approved
1944	LRCA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Forfeit voting rights for convictions punishable by imprisonment and replace the term “insane” for “mentally diseased"	Approved
1944	LRSS	Measure Nos. 308-309	Provide educational aid to World War II veterans and authorize a two-tenths of a mill property tax to provide aid funds.	Approved
1944	LRSS	Measure Nos. 310-311	Implement retail sales tax on tangible property and allocate the revenue to support old-age assistance, property tax reduction, and common schools.	Defeated
1944	VR	Measure Nos. 312-313	Require all intoxicating liquors with over fourteen percent alcohol to be sold exclusively by the liquor control commission.	Approved
1944	CICA	Measure Nos. 314-315	Create a state fund to support public elementary and secondary schools using tax revenues for school support.	Defeated
1944	CICA	Measure Nos. 316-317	Levy a three to five percent gross income tax to create a retirement and disability fund.	Defeated
1942	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Fix legislators’ daily session pay at $8, with presiding officers receiving an additional one-half daily pay, and reimburse 10 cents per mile travelled to and from the capital.	Approved
1942	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Repeal the "Rural Credits Loan Fund," which provided loans funded by bond sales to farmers and others living in rural areas.	Approved
1942	LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Allocate fuel and vehicle tax revenues to public highways and the development of recreational, scenic, and historic places.	Approved
1942	LRCA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Empower the legislature to pass laws allowing individuals to regain their voting rights after serving their full prison sentence or completing their parole	Defeated
1942	VR	Measure Nos. 308-309	Levy a one-tenth of one cent tax on the selling, handling, and distribution of cigarettes.	Defeated
1942	VR	Measure Nos. 310-311	Prohibit net fishing in coastal streams and bays, except certain exemptions.	Defeated
1942	CISS	Measure Nos. 312-313	Distribute revenue from income taxes over $7,750,000 to public school districts and union high school districts.	Approved
1940	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Remove term limits for the Secretary of State and Treasurer.	Defeated
1940	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Institutionalize a given tax levy after voters approved such a levy for three successive years prior.	Defeated
1940	LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Repeal constitutional provisions regarding the double liability of of stockholders of state banks to the depositors of said banks.	Defeated
1940	LRCA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Set legislators' daily session pay at $8, refund them 10 cents every mile traveled to and from the capital, and give presiding offers an additional one-half daily pay.	Defeated
1940	VR	Measure Nos. 308-309	Move the primary nominating elections from May to the first Wednesday after the first Monday of September.	Defeated
1940	VR	Measure Nos. 310-311	Require licenses to sell alcohol to consumers.	Defeated
1940	CISS	Measure Nos. 312-313	Repeal law allowing only the liquor control commission to sell alcohol, allowing private entities to manufacture and sell alcohol.	Defeated
1940	CICA	Measure Nos. 314-315	Legalize games of skill, provide licensing of such games and disburse license revenues to public fairs, expositions, and old-age public assistance.	Defeated
1940	CISS	Measure Nos. 316-317	Repeal the Oregon Milk Control Law, which provided supervision and regulation of the milk industry.	Defeated

1930-1939 Ballot Measures

Year	Type	Title	Description	Result
1938	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Extend the period for the governor to review and approve or veto bills from five to twenty days.	Approved
1938	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Repeal the bank stockholders double liability, making each stockholder individually liable to depositors.	Defeated
1938	LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	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.	Defeated
1938	LRSS	Measure Nos. 306-307	Require medical examinations and certification of all marriage license applicants.	Approved
1938	VR	Measure Nos. 308-309	Prohibit slot machines and require sheriffs to seize any such machine and, upon recognition by a court, destroy the machine.	Approved
1938	VR	Measure Nos. 310-311	Ban all games of chance and provide punishments for violations.	Approved
1938	CISS	Measure Nos. 312-313	Call for a constitutional convention to consider an amendment to the U.S. Constitution implementing the Townsend Plan.	Approved
1938	CISS	Measure Nos. 314-315	Implement a two percent transaction tax to create a fund for monthly payments to unemployed individuals over the age of 65.	Defeated
1938	CISS	Measure Nos. 316-317	Define “labor dispute” as a controversy between employer and employees and restrict revenues of collective bargaining organizations.	Approved
1938	CISS	Measure Nos. 318-319	Declare the preservation of rivers, streams, lakes and watersheds for public health and wildlife and create the state sanitary authority.	Approved
1938	CISS	Measure Nos. 322-323	Prohibit the sale of alcoholic liquor by entities other than the Oregon Liquor Control Commission.	Defeated
1938	CICA	Measure Nos. 324-325	Legalize certain lotteries and other forms of gambling and authorize the state to exclusively license them.	Defeated
1936	LRSS	Measure Nos. 300-301	Move primary nominating elections from the third Friday in May to the first Friday after the first Monday in September.	Defeated
1936	VR	Measure Nos. 300-301	Reduce the eligibility age of old age public assistance from 70 to 65.	Defeated
1936	CICA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Prohibit regulation of truthful commercial advertisement.	Defeated
1936	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Determine legislative compensation by law, rather than amendment.	Defeated
1936	LRSS	Measure Nos. 304-305	Implement a 2% sales tax on retail sales and a 0.25% sales tax on wholesale sales to fund public assistance to the elderly, children, and the blind.	Defeated
1936	CICA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Authorize school districts with over 100,000 people to levy taxes for 1937 that do not exceed 80% of the total 1932 tax levy of the district.	Defeated
1936	VR	Measure Nos. 306-307	Authorize public higher educational institutions to collect a $5 per term activity fee from students.	Defeated
1936	CISS	Measure Nos. 308-309	Disallow military courses, drills, and services as requirements for higher education degrees.	Defeated
1936	CICA	Measure Nos. 310-311	Limit and reduce the total permissible state tax on real and tangible property to six mills per dollar of assessed and equalized valuation.	Defeated
1936	CISS	Measure Nos. 312-313	Allow the state to purchase electric energy from the United States and to develop hydroelectric power	Defeated
1936	CICA	Measure Nos. 314-315	Allow the board of control to administer state water power and hydroelectric laws.	Defeated
1936	CISS	Measure Nos. 316-317	Create the state-owned and operated Bank of Oregon	Defeated
1934	VR	Measure Nos. 300-301	Authorize the state to develop hydroelectricity and create a nonpartisan commission to manage the development.	Defeated
1934	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Require a two-thirds vote in counties to authorize more than $5,000 of debt for roads and to issue bonds in amount equal to the amount of its outstanding warrants.	Defeated
1934	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Provide that any accused person may choose to waive trial by jury and consent to be tried by the judge of the court alone.	Approved
1934	CICA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Limit taxable property assessments and total state taxes.	Defeated
1934	CICA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Allow healing arts professionals to be licensed as physicians, surgeons, and practitioners.	Defeated
1934	LRSS	Measure Nos. 304-305	Authorize the construction and operation of a tuberculosis hospital in Multnomah County.	Approved
1934	LRSS	Measure Nos. 306-307	Authorize the construction and operation of an "insane hospital" in Multnomah County.	Defeated
1934	VR	Measure Nos. 308-309	Increase the sales tax by 1.5% and appropriate such revenues to school districts.	Defeated
1933	LRSS	Measure Nos. 300-301	Refer a question to voters asking if the delegates to the constitutional convention should ratify or reject the proposal to repeal the 18th Amendment.	Approved
1933	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Provide that the state pay no more cash bonuses and make no more bonus loans, and authorize bond refunds within constitutional limits.	Approved
1933	LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Authorize county voters to adopt a manager-led form of county government.	Defeated
1933	LRCA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Provide for prosecution of public offenses by information of district attorney instead of by indictment.	Defeated
1933	LRCA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Require a two-thirds vote of electors for municipal corporations to issue bonds	Defeated
1933	LRSS	Measure Nos. 310-311	Provide for the issuance and sale of bonds to provide money for the state power fund.	Defeated
1933	LRSS	Measure Nos. 312-313	Tax sales of tangible personal property and personal service.	Defeated
1933	CICA	Measure Nos. 314-315	Repeal the state constitutional amendment prohibiting alcohol.	Approved
1933	VR	Measure Nos. 316-317	Tax the sale of oleomargarine and distribute the proceeds to counties for poverty relief.	Defeated
1932	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Require voters on issues of bonds and taxes to be taxpayers.	Approved
1932	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Allow an accused person for non-capital offenses to relinquish their right to trial by jury and to be tried by the judge alone.	Approved
1932	LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Limit the amount of tax levied to be no more than the total amount levied in any one year of the previous three years plus six percent.	Approved
1932	VR	Measure Nos. 306-307	Levy a 10-cent per pound tax on oleomargarine and require a $5 annual license fee for oleomargarine sellers and distributors.	Defeated
1932	VR	Measure Nos. 308-309	Prohibit commercial fishing on the Rogue River, its tributaries, and around its mouth.	Defeated
1932	VR	Measure Nos. 310-311	Appropriate $681,173 for the Oregon State Agricultural College, the University of Oregon, and three normal schools.	Defeated
1932	CISS	Measure Nos. 312-313	Repeal the state’s alcohol prohibition law.	Approved
1932	CISS	Measure Nos. 314-315	Allow the State Highway Commission to research and determine the cost per unit of traffic, highway construction and maintenance, and vehicle classification to adjust license fees.	Defeated
1932	CISS	Measure Nos. 316-317	Consolidate the University of Oregon and Oregon State Agricultural College into Oregon State University in Corvallis and the state's normal schools into Oregon State Teachers' College in Eugene, and establish Junior Colleges in Ashland and La Grande.	Defeated
1932	CICA	Measure Nos. 318-319	Subject the power of the state, counties, municipalities, and districts to tax and incur debt to regulations and restrictions provided by the law.	Defeated
1932	CISS	Measure Nos. 320-321	Create a non-salaried Tax Supervising and Conservation Board for each county to review budgets and regulate tax levies.	Defeated
1932	CICA	Measure Nos. 322-323	Reduce property taxes by increasing taxes from 5% to 8% on net personal incomes exceeding $5,000 and decrease tax exemptions.	Defeated
1932	CICA	Measure Nos. 324-325	Require hydroelectric development to be administered by the state and distribute and sell energy produced within the state.	Approved
1930	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Repeal irrigation and drainage districts' authority to issue and sell bonds.	Approved
1930	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Create an executive state cabinet appointed by the governor and approved by the senate.	Defeated
1930	LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Expand eligibility for state loans under the soldiers' bonus law to include Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection, and Boxer Rebellion veterans.	Defeated
1930	LRCA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Amend Article I to allow the legislature to classify and subclassify property, including motor vehicles, for taxation purposes	Defeated
1930	LRCA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Amend Article IX to allow the legislature to classify and subclassify property, including motor vehicles, for taxation purposes	Defeated
1930	LRCA	Measure Nos. 310-311	Authorize the process of filling vacancies in the state legislature to be determined by law.	Approved
1930	LRCA	Measure Nos. 312-313	Fix the compensation of legislators at $500 for a two-year term, with presiding officers receiving one-half more.	Defeated
1930	VR	Measure Nos. 314-315	Add two circuit court judges to the fourth judicial district in Multnomah County.	Defeated
1930	VR	Measure Nos. 316-317	Establish a progressive state net income tax and provide exemptions to such tax.	Approved
1930	CICA	Measure Nos. 318-319	Prohibit the manufacturing, advertisement, sale, purchase, or possession of cigarettes and provide punishments for violations.	Defeated
1930	CICA	Measure Nos. 320-321	Prohibit fishing in the Rogue River, except with rod, line, and hooks.	Defeated
1930	CICA	Measure Nos. 322-323	Create the office of the lieutenant governor, who will serve as senate president, appoint senate committee, and act as governor in the governor's absence.	Defeated
1930	CICA	Measure Nos. 324-325	Authorize the creation of utility districts for the purpose of supplying water and electric energy.	Approved

1920-1929 Ballot Measures

Year	Type	Title	Description	Result
1928	CISS	Measure Nos. 300-301	Increase gasoline tax from three to five cents and authorize up to one-fifth of such revenues to assist counties in state market road construction.	Defeated
1928	CISS	Measure Nos. 302-303	Base license fees on the weight of vehicles and abolish operating fees on motor carriers.	Defeated
1928	CISS	Measure Nos. 304-305	Levy an annual progressive state net income tax upon all people and corporations in the state, and provide exemptions for the tax.	Defeated
1928	CICA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Prohibit the legislature from declaring an emergency and repealing voter-approved laws without referring the repeal to the people.	Defeated
1928	CISS	Measure Nos. 308-309	Declare the natural preservation of the Deschutes River watershed, except the White River, from private commercial interests.	Defeated
1928	CISS	Measure Nos. 310-311	Declare the natural preservation of the Rogue River watershed from private commercial interests.	Defeated
1928	CISS	Measure Nos. 312-313	Declare the natural preservation of the Umpqua River from private commercial interests.	Defeated
1928	CISS	Measure Nos. 314-315	Declare the natural preservation of the McKenzie River from private commercial interests.	Defeated
1927	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Repeal language from the Oregon Constitution that said, "No negro, Chinaman or mulatto shall have the right of suffrage"	Approved
1927	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Authorize school districts with over 100,000 people to levy taxes to support and maintain the school district upon voter approval.	Defeated
1927	LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Charge a person who waives indictment for a crime or misdemeanor before any circuit court judge.	Approved
1927	LRCA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Set legislator compensation at $10 per day for sessions, totaling $400 per session, with extra compensation for presiding officers.	Defeated
1927	LRCA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Require voters to be registered to vote.	Approved
1927	LRCA	Measure Nos. 310-311	Determine compensation of state and county elected officials by law, rather than amendment, and prohibit salary increases during a term.	Defeated
1927	LRCA	Measure Nos. 312-313	Allow cities with a population over 100,000 situated within a county to consolidate in that county.	Defeated
1927	LRCA	Measure Nos. 314-315	Authorize counties with over 200,000 people to issue bonds to construct a veterans’ memorial and armory building in eligible cities.	Defeated
1927	LRCA	Measure Nos. 316-317	Authorize property taxes not exceeding $3,500 plus 6% and limit annual tax increases to 6%.	Defeated
1927	LRSS	Measure Nos. 318-319	Levy an annual progressive net income tax on people and corporations in the state and provide for tax exemptions.	Defeated
1927	VR	Measure Nos. 320-321	Authorize the state tax commission to supervise assessment and enforce tax laws throughout the state.	Defeated
1927	VR	Measure Nos. 322-323	Prohibit the taking of and fishing for salmon and other food fish in Nestucca Bay, except with hook and line or angling.	Approved
1926	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Authorize Klamath County, with majority vote, to issue bonds equal to the amount of warrants owed.	Approved
1926	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Permit the Board of Directors of the Portland School District to levy a tax up to $900,000 beyond the six percent constitutional limit.	Defeated
1926	LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Repeal language from the Oregon Constitution that said, "No free negro or mulatto, not residing in this state at the time of the adoption of this constitution shall come, reside, or be within this state, or hold any real estate, or make any contracts, or maintain any suit therein"	Approved
1926	LRCA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Prohibit state tax on inheritances or incomes.	Defeated
1926	LRSS	Measure Nos. 308-309	Establish a normal school in Seaside, Clatsop County, Oregon, known as “The Western Oregon Normal School and College.”	Defeated
1926	LRSS	Measure Nos. 310-311	Establish a state normal school in one of the state’s eastern counties, known as “The Eastern Oregon State Normal School.”	Approved
1926	LRCA	Measure Nos. 312-313	Fill recalled officials' resulting vacancy immediately instead of requiring two votes at the same recall election.	Approved
1926	LRCA	Measure Nos. 314-315	Authorize Curry County, upon county voters’ approval, to issue bonds or levy taxes to pay the county’s warrants.	Approved
1926	LRCA	Measure Nos. 316-317	Authorize the governor to make appointments to fill official vacancies until the next general election.	Approved
1926	LRCA	Measure Nos. 318-319	Authorize Klamath County and Clackamas County to issue bonds, upon approval of county voters, to pay the counties’ warrants.	Approved
1926	LRSS	Measure Nos. 320-321	Provide for the establishment, construction, equipment, maintenance, and operation of a tuberculosis hospital east of the Cascade Mountains.	Approved
1926	VR	Measure Nos. 322-323	Require retailers to pay an excise tax on the sale of tobacco smoking products.	Defeated
1926	VR	Measure Nos. 324-325	Levy a license tax on vehicles using public highways to transport for business purposes, appropriating revenues for highways.	Approved
1926	VR	Measure Nos. 326-327	Appropriate 10% of state board and commission revenues from fees, licenses, and taxes to the state general fund.	Defeated
1926	CISS	Measure Nos. 328-329	Levy an annual progressive or graduated income tax and allow for property tax deductions.	Defeated
1926	CISS	Measure Nos. 330-331	Require an annual operating license fee for commercial busses and trucks on public highways, appropriating revenues to public highways.	Defeated
1926	CISS	Measure Nos. 332-333	Prohibit the use of fish wheels, traps, seines, and gills nets of more than 250 fathoms to catching fish in the Columbia River.	Approved
1926	CISS	Measure Nos. 334-335	Implement an annual progressive or graduated state income tax for individuals and corporations in the state.	Defeated
1926	CICA	Measure Nos. 336-337	Create the Oregon Water and Power Board with the authority to conserve, develop, and distribute electric energy and water.	Defeated
1924	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Require the ability to read and write to vote.	Approved
1924	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Deem roads and waterways for the transportation of natural resources as public use and necessary for development.	Approved
1924	LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Provide a cash bonus or loan to World War I and Spanish-American War veterans.	Approved
1924	VR	Measure Nos. 306-307	Prohibit the manufacture and sale of butter substitutes composed of vegetable fat, non-pure milk, and adulterated milk.	Defeated
1924	CISS	Measure Nos. 308-309	Authorize and regulate the practice of naturopathy.	Defeated
1924	CICA	Measure Nos. 310-311	Establish workers' compensation for employees in hazardous occupations.	Defeated
1924	CISS	Measure Nos. 312-313	Repeal the state's income tax.	Approved
1923	VR	Measure Nos. 300-301	Levy and collect a net income tax on individuals, partnerships and corporations residing, incorporated or doing business within the state of Oregon.	Approved
1922	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Require an annual tax levy in Linn County until all county warrants are paid.	Approved
1922	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Require an annual tax levy in Linn County and permit the issuance of bonds in Benton County to pay all county warrants.	Approved
1922	CICA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Authorize a single land tax in lieu of all other state taxes	Defeated
1922	CICA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Authorize Portland, Oregon to raise $3,000,000 by levying a special tax over three years to hold an exhibition on state resources, commerce, industries and statewide economic advantages.	Defeated
1922	CISS	Measure Nos. 314-315	Require children between eight and sixteen to attend public school with exceptions based on age, health and access to a parent or private teacher	Overturned
1922	CISS	Measure Nos. 316-317	Establish a graduated annual income tax	Defeated
1921	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Limit legislative sessions to 60 days, special sessions to 20 days, compensate members at $5 per day, and prohibit introducing bills, except for appropriations and defense, after the 40th day	Defeated
1921	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Authorize the issuance and sale of bonds to raise money to be loaned to Oregonian veterans of World War I.	Approved
1921	LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Empower the governor to veto provisions in bills which declare emergencies.	Approved
1921	LRSS	Measure Nos. 306-307	Require a health examination by a physician for both marriage license applicants, with failure prohibiting marriage unless one or both applicants are rendered sterile.	Defeated
1921	LRSS	Measure Nos. 308-309	Permit women to serve as jurors and require at least half of the trial jury to be women in cases involving minors.	Approved
1920	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Require compulsory voting and registration	Defeated
1920	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Declare road usage for transporting raw products and natural resources as a public use, allowing eminent domain to acquire land for roadways.	Approved
1920	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Increase permitted indebtedness for constructing and maintaining permanent roads from two to four percent of total property value.	Approved
1920	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Limit regular legislative sessions to sixty working days and extra sessions to twenty days, with each legislator receiving up to $300 per regular session.	Defeated
1920	VR	Measure Nos. 304-305	Regulate the manufacturing and sale of oleomargarine and butter substitutes	Defeated
1920	LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Restore the death penalty for first degree murder, except when the jury recommends life imprisonment.	Approved
1920	LRCA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Allow Crook County and Curry County to issue bonds to fund warrants, not exceeding two percent of the assessed property value.	Approved
1920	CICA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Authorize a single land tax in lieu of all other state taxes	Defeated
1920	LRCA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Designate the Senate president as the governor’s successor in cases of vacancy or incapacity, with the Speaker of the House serving if both were unable, until the next general biennial election	Approved
1920	CICA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Increase the term length from two years to four years for county clerks, treasurers, sheriffs, coroners, and surveyors.	Approved
1920	CISS	Measure Nos. 310-311	Allow the Port of Portland, under the Dock Commission, to purchase properties, dispose of dredged materials, and operate lines of transportation to promote water commerce and issue bonds.	Defeated
1920	LRSS	Measure Nos. 310-311	Levy a 3.2 mills tax for the Oregon agricultural college and the University of Oregon and a .06 mill tax for Oregon Normal Schools for salaries, buildings, repairs, and equipment.	Approved
1920	LRSS	Measure Nos. 312-313	Levy a two-tenths of one mill tax for educational aid to military veterans, beyond existing provisions.	Approved
1920	CICA	Measure Nos. 312-313	Remove requirements for vaccination or other medication as a condition for attendance at any public educational institution.	Defeated
1920	CICA	Measure Nos. 314-315	Provide for a fixed four percent legal interest rate on all moneys and, on contract, agreeing parties may have a five percent rate of interest.	Defeated
1920	LRSS	Measure Nos. 314-315	Levy a two mill property tax to support and maintain public elementary schools.	Approved
1920	CISS	Measure Nos. 316-317	Create a refuge for native waterfowl in memory of President Theodore Roosevelt.	Defeated
1920	LRSS	Measure Nos. 316-317	Levy a one-sixth of a mill tax to construct and equip a school for the blind and an annual one-twenty-fifth of a mill tax for its maintenance.	Approved
1920	CICA	Measure Nos. 318-319	Establish a biennial legislature session divided into 40-day periods for introducing and considering legislation, followed by a 10-day period for final legislation consideration.	Defeated
1920	CISS	Measure Nos. 320-321	Create a State Market Commission to assist in economic product distribution, market disputes resolution, and storage inspection.	Defeated

1910-1919 Ballot Measures

Year	Type	Title	Description	Result
1919	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Increase the limit on the amount of debt that counties could incur to construct roads	Approved
1919	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Permit industrial and reconstruction hospitals to be located outside of a county's seat of government without approval from voters.	Defeated
1919	LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Provide for the issuance and sale of state bonds for the creation of irrigation and drainage districts.	Approved
1919	LRCA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Provide for the bond issuance and sale of $5,000,000 to promote reconstruction, reclamation and land settlement projects.	Defeated
1919	LRCA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Establish the office of lieutenant governor, serving as senate president and governor in case of a vacant seat.	Defeated
1919	LRSS	Measure Nos. 310-311	Appropriate $2.5 million to construct the Roosevelt Coast Military Highway	Approved
1919	LRSS	Measure Nos. 312-313	Issue $5,000,000 in bonds for constructing hospitals, college buildings, armories, a penitentiary, land settlement, reclaiming arid, swamped, and logged land, and aiding settlement for honorably discharged military.	Defeated
1919	LRSS	Measure Nos. 314-315	Allow honorably discharged soldiers to attend any public or private educational institution in Oregon with their necessary expenses covered by the state.	Approved
1919	LRSS	Measure Nos. 316-317	Provide for the construction of state market roads, funded through an annual tax levy on all taxable property.	Approved
1918	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Appropriate $250,000 to establish the "Southern Oregon Normal School" at Ashland and the "Eastern Oregon Normal School" east of the Cascade Mountains.	Defeated
1918	LRSS	Measure Nos. 302-303	Appropriate $200,000 to establish "The Home for State Wards" for "dependent, delinquent and defective" children.	Defeated
1918	VR	Measure Nos. 304-305	Prohibit seine or set-net south fishing in the Rogue River and prohibit fishing, except with hook and line, south and west of the mouth of the river.	Defeated
1918	VR	Measure Nos. 306-307	Enact commercial fishing regulations on the Willamette River.	Approved
1918	CISS	Measure Nos. 308-309	Require individuals with delinquent taxes to be sent a written notice of their unpaid taxes.	Approved
1918	CISS	Measure Nos. 310-311	Set compensation for publications of legal notices.	Approved
1918	CRSS	Measure Nos. 312-313	Increase the state tax levy to manage debts incurred by the maintenance of various state institutions and departments.	Defeated
1917	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Authorize municipalities to incur debt to develop water transportation lines between ports and establish inland river transportation with a majority vote.	Approved
1917	LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Limit the number of bills introduced in the legislature and increase the pay of members of the legislature.	Defeated
1917	LRCA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Prohibit constitutional amendments from implying the repeal of any part of the constitution without explicitly repealing it.	Defeated
1917	LRCA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Classify all property for uniform taxation of the same class, adopt uniform assessment and taxation rules, and omit the requirement of equally taxing all property without classification.	Approved
1917	LRCA	Measure Nos. 310-311	Require municipalities to synchronize their elections with state election cycles and adjust elected officials' terms to align with state election cycles.	Approved
1917	LRSS	Measure Nos. 312-313	Authorize the Oregon Board of Control to construct a new State Penitentiary, funded by a state tax levy	Defeated
1917	BI	Measure Nos. 314-315	Authorize the State Highway Commission to raise money for building roads by selling bonds of the state of Oregon.	Approved
1916	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Authorize the Governor to veto single items in appropriation bills.	Approved
1916	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Exempt all ships and vessels of fifty tons or more capacity from taxation until January 1, 1935.	Approved
1916	LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Repeal language from the Oregon Constitution that said, "No negro, Chinaman or mulatto shall have the right of suffrage"	Defeated
1916	CICA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Levy taxes on land rent, provide a system of credits for home builders, and ensure exclusive possession of land for every person.	Defeated
1916	CICA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Levy a one twenty-fifth of a mill property tax to support and maintain a State Normal School at Pendleton, Umatilla County.	Defeated
1916	CISS	Measure Nos. 310-311	Prohibit compulsory vaccination, inoculation, and other similar treatments for the prevention or cure of diseases.	Defeated
1916	CISS	Measure Nos. 312-313	Repeal the law prohibiting most types of stores from opening on Sundays.	Approved
1916	CICA	Measure Nos. 314-315	Legalize the manufacturing and sale of fermented malt liquors containing four percent or less alcohol.	Defeated
1916	CICA	Measure Nos. 316-317	Ban the importation of intoxicating liquors from outside of Oregon.	Approved
1916	CICA	Measure Nos. 318-319	Create a Rural Credits Fund to offer five percent interest loans to purchase land, livestock, and equipment and improve farming infrastructure.	Approved
1916	CICA	Measure Nos. 320-321	Provide limitations for state and county tax levies and county indebtedness.	Approved
1914	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Require voters to be citizens of the United States of America.	Approved
1914	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Create the office of the Lieutenant Governor and provide a line of succession to the governorship.	Defeated
1914	LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Permit county-city consolidation in a county that contains a city with over 100,000 inhabitants.	Defeated
1914	LRCA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Allow the state to incur more than $50,000 of debt to build and maintain roads, construct irrigation, and develop land and projects.	Defeated
1914	LRCA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Omit the requirement that “all taxation shall be equal and uniform.”	Defeated
1914	LRCA	Measure Nos. 310-311	Change existing rules on uniform taxation by authorizing property classification for taxation purposes and specific taxes on income.	Defeated
1914	LRSS	Measure Nos. 312-313	Levy a one-fortieth of a mill property tax for the construction and maintenance of the Southern Oregon State Normal School at Ashland, Jackson County.	Defeated
1914	LRCA	Measure Nos. 314-315	Allow towns, cities, or municipalities to merge into an adjoining city or town through a vote by by the interested electors.	Approved
1914	LRCA	Measure Nos. 316-317	Levy a one-fortieth of a mill property tax for the construction and maintenance of the Eastern Oregon State Normal School at Weston, Umatilla County.	Defeated
1914	LRCA	Measure Nos. 318-319	Establish compensation for state legislators at five dollars per working day and ten cents per mile for traveling.	Defeated
1914	CICA	Measure Nos. 320-321	Mandate that no person should be required to work more than eight hours per day or forty-eight hours per week.	Defeated
1914	CISS	Measure Nos. 322-323	Require employers to install ventilation in work rooms over 80°F and mandate eight-hour workdays for women.	Defeated
1914	CISS	Measure Nos. 324-325	Prohibit party nominations for judges and allow candidates to run by filing a petition signed by one percent of eligible district voters.	Defeated
1914	CICA	Measure Nos. 326-327	Exempt personal property and land improvements, such as dwellings and furniture and goods, from taxation up to $1,500.	Defeated
1914	CICA	Measure Nos. 328-329	Prohibit the sale of of navigable waterway beds and authorize the construction and leasing of municipal docks.	Defeated
1914	CISS	Measure Nos. 330-331	Allow municipalities to build, manage, and maintain wharves, docks, and piers, and lease submerged lands for private construction.	Defeated
1914	CICA	Measure Nos. 332-333	Prohibit intoxicating liquor manufacture and sale, except upon prescription or for scientific, mechanical, or religious purposes.	Approved
1914	CICA	Measure Nos. 334-335	Abolish the death penalty for murder committed and fix life imprisonment as the maximum punishment for any crime.	Approved
1914	CICA	Measure Nos. 336-337	Establish a graduated tax on realty and distribute tax revenues to county schools and libraries and other county expenses.	Defeated
1914	CISS	Measure Nos. 338-339	Consolidate the office of the Corporation Commissioner with the office of the Insurance Commissioner.	Defeated
1914	CISS	Measure Nos. 340-341	Allow people with “reputable” dental college degrees or out-of-state dental licenses to practice dentistry in Oregon.	Defeated
1914	CICA	Measure Nos. 342-343	Extend the term length for county officers from two years to four years.	Defeated
1914	CISS	Measure Nos. 344-345	Require the Governor to appoint a five-member tax code commission to prepare and present a new tax code to the legislature.	Defeated
1914	CISS	Measure Nos. 346-347	Abolish the Desert Land Board and the State Water board and transfer its powers and duties to the State Land Board and the State Water Commissioner.	Defeated
1914	CICA	Measure Nos. 348-349	Enact a system for electing sixty state legislators	Defeated
1914	CICA	Measure Nos. 350-351	Eliminate the Oregon Senate, making the legislature unicameral	Defeated
1914	CICA	Measure Nos. 352-353	Create a Department of Industry and Public Works under the State Labor Commissioner to provide jobs for unemployed citizens.	Defeated
1914	CISS	Measure Nos. 354-355	Authorize the election of delegates by voters to recommend candidates at primary nominating conventions.	Defeated
1914	CICA	Measure Nos. 356-357	Provide equal assessment and taxation of all property with a $300 exemption, and exempt municipal, educational, literacy, scientific, religious, and charitable properties.	Defeated
1913	VR	Measure Nos. 300-301	Create a state university building repair fund to provide funds for repairs and additions to state university buildings.	Approved
1913	VR	Measure Nos. 302-303	Provide $100,000 for the construction and furnishing of a modern fire-proof administration and classroom building for the University of Oregon.	Approved
1913	VR	Measure Nos. 304-305	Authorize the performance of sterilization surgeries for "habitual criminals, moral degenerates, and sexual perverts."	Defeated
1913	VR	Measure Nos. 306-307	Provide a district attorney for each county in the state and set their salaries.	Approved
1913	VR	Measure Nos. 308-309	Create the State Industrial Accident Commission and establish an industrial accident fund.	Approved
1912	CICA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution	Approved
1912	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Create the office of Lieutenant Governor and provide a line of succession to the governorship.	Defeated
1912	LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Provide for a uniform taxation, except on property, and collect taxes for county and municipal purposes as distinct from state purposes.	Defeated
1912	LRCA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Permit different tax rates for different classes of property and provide that taxation must be uniform within each separate class.	Defeated
1912	LRCA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Repeal counties' ability regulate taxation and prohibit the legislature from declaring an emergency in tax regulation.	Approved
1912	LRCA	Measure Nos. 310-311	Require constitutional amendments to receive a majority of all votes cast, not just those for the measure.	Defeated
1912	LRCA	Measure Nos. 312-313	Hold stockholders liable to pay depositors an amount equal to their held stock and what they originally paid for the stock.	Approved
1912	VR	Measure Nos. 314-315	Grant the Railroad Commission power and jurisdiction to supervise and regulate every public service corporation and utility in Oregon.	Approved
1912	CISS	Measure Nos. 318-319	Create a new county, named Cascade County	Defeated
1912	CISS	Measure Nos. 320-321	Create a Board of Regents to govern the University of Oregon and the State Agricultural College	Defeated
1912	CICA	Measure Nos. 322-323	Require a ballot initiative to receive a majority of all votes cast in an election, rather than a majority of votes specifically for the initiative	Defeated
1912	CISS	Measure Nos. 324-325	Allow counties to issue bonds for the construction of permanent roads	Defeated
1912	CISS	Measure Nos. 326-327	Create a State Highway Department with a $12,000 budget and appoint a State Highway Engineer with a $3,600 salary.	Defeated
1912	CISS	Measure Nos. 328-329	Move the effective date of the creation of the State Printing Board to December 1, 1912 and fix the salary of the State Printer at $4,000 and the Secretary of the Board at $2,000.	Defeated
1912	CISS	Measure Nos. 330-331	Create the Office of Hotel Inspector and provide for their duties and salary.	Defeated
1912	CISS	Measure Nos. 332-333	Require laborers employed by the state, county, school district, or municipality to work no more than an eight-hour day.	Approved
1912	CISS	Measure Nos. 334-335	Regulate corporations selling corporate stocks and securities to protect stocks purchasers and establish a corporation department.	Defeated
1912	CISS	Measure Nos. 336-337	Prohibit private firms from employing state prisoners, except for public projects.	Approved
1912	CISS	Measure Nos. 338-339	Prohibit private firms from employing county, city, or town prisoners, except for public projects.	Approved
1912	CISS	Measure Nos. 340-341	Create the State Road Board, authorize bond sales to build public roads, and create the office of State Highway Commissioner.	Defeated
1912	CICA	Measure Nos. 342-343	Prohibit the state from increasing its indebtedness for road building in excess of 2% of the taxable property of the state.	Approved
1912	CISS	Measure Nos. 344-345	Authorize counties to issue twenty-year bonds for road construction and county courts to levy taxes to pay bond interest.	Defeated
1912	CICA	Measure Nos. 346-347	Prohibit counties from increasing their indebtedness for road building in excess of 2% of the taxable property within the county.	Approved
1912	CISS	Measure Nos. 348-349	Provide methods for the creation and organization of new counties and municipalities	Defeated
1912	CICA	Measure Nos. 350-351	Implement a graduated income tax.	Defeated
1912	CISS	Measure Nos. 352-353	Exempt household furniture, domestic fixtures, and household goods in use at home, clothing, watches, jewelry, and similar personal objects from taxation	Approved
1912	CISS	Measure Nos. 354-355	Exempt all debts, public stocks and securities, bonds, and warrants and moneys due to the state from taxation.	Defeated
1912	CISS	Measure Nos. 356-357	Revise state inheritance tax laws, reclassify rates, and transfer administrative authority to the State Tax Commission.	Defeated
1912	CISS	Measure Nos. 358-359	Regulate freight rates on carload type and weight	Approved
1912	CICA	Measure Nos. 360-361	Authorize county courts to issue and sell bonds to build and maintain roads within the county with voter approval.	Defeated
1912	CICA	Measure Nos. 362-363	Create a 60-member unicameral legislature with proportional representation	Defeated
1912	CICA	Measure Nos. 364-365	Implement graduated taxes for franchises, lands, and other natural resources exceeding $10,000 and exempt personal property.	Defeated
1912	CISS	Measure Nos. 366-367	Abolish the death penalty in Oregon.	Defeated
1912	CISS	Measure Nos. 368-369	Prohibit boycotting or picketing any industry, workshop, store, business, or factory.	Defeated
1912	CISS	Measure Nos. 370-371	Prohibit public speech gatherings in cities or towns on public streets, parks, or lands without a written permit from the mayor.	Defeated
1912	VR	Measure Nos. 372-373	Appropriate $175,000 to build an administration building for the University of Oregon and $153,259 for repairs and improvements.	Defeated
1912	VR	Measure Nos. 374-375	Appropriate $175,000 to construct and furnish a modern fire-proof library and museum at the University of Oregon.	Defeated
1910	CICA	Measure 1	Provide for suffrage for women taxpayers in state constitution	Defeated
1910	LRSS	Measure Nos. 302-303	Authorize the construction and maintenance of an "insane asylum" to be called "The Eastern Oregon State Hospital."	Approved
1910	LRSS	Measure Nos. 304-305	Call for a constitutional convention to take place in October 1911 and elect its delegates.	Defeated
1910	LRCA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Create separate districts for the election of each state senator and each state representative.	Defeated
1910	LRCA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Repeal uniform taxation requirement and mandate taxes only for public purposes, with no surrender or suspension of taxation power.	Defeated
1910	LRCA	Measure Nos. 310-311	Authorize the creation of railroad districts and railroad purchase, construction, and related taxes.	Defeated
1910	LRCA	Measure Nos. 312-313	Exempt property from uniform taxation and allow property to be categorized into classes and taxed.	Defeated
1910	VR	Measure Nos. 314-315	Require Baker County to pay the Judge of the Eighth Judicial District an additional $1,000 in addition to the judge's annual salary.	Defeated
1910	CISS	Measure Nos. 316-317	Create the County of Nesmith out of the northern part of Douglas County and the southern part of Lane County.	Defeated
1910	CISS	Measure Nos. 318-319	Provide state support for the Oregon State Normal School at Monmouth, Polk County.	Approved
1910	CISS	Measure Nos. 320-321	Create the County of Otis out of territory included in Harney County, Malheur County, and Grant County.	Defeated
1910	CISS	Measure Nos. 322-323	Annex the northern part of Clackamas County to Multnomah County, Oregon.	Defeated
1910	CISS	Measure Nos. 322-323	Create the County of Orchard out of the northeastern portion of Umatilla County, Oregon.	Defeated
1910	CISS	Measure Nos. 324-325	Create the County of Williams out of a portion of Lane County and Douglas County.	Defeated
1910	CICA	Measure Nos. 326-327	Allow counties to regulate taxation, regardless of constitutional restrictions or state statutes, and abolish the poll or head tax.	Approved
1910	CICA	Measure Nos. 328-329	Grant cities and towns the exclusive power to license, regulate, control, suppress or prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors.	Approved
1910	CISS	Measure Nos. 330-331	Require protection for persons engaged in hazardous jobs, define and extend employers' liability, and eliminate contributory negligence as defense.	Approved
1910	CISS	Measure Nos. 334-335	Create the County of Clark out of the northern portion of Grant County, Oregon.	Defeated
1910	CISS	Measure Nos. 336-337	Provide state support for the Eastern Oregon State Normal School at Weston, Umatilla County.	Defeated
1910	CISS	Measure Nos. 338-339	Annex a portion of eastern Washington County to Multnomah County, Oregon.	Defeated
1910	CISS	Measure Nos. 340-341	Provide state support for the Eastern Oregon State Normal School at Ashton, Jackson County.	Defeated
1910	CICA	Measure Nos. 342-343	Prohibit the production, traffic, and sale of intoxicating liquors in Oregon.	Defeated
1910	CISS	Measure Nos. 344-345	Prohibit, prevent, and suppress the production, sale, exchange and possession of intoxicating liquors in Oregon.	Defeated
1910	CISS	Measure Nos. 346-347	Create a Board of Commissioners to examine workplace injuries and to draft workplace liability laws for the legislature.	Defeated
1910	CISS	Measure Nos. 348-349	Prohibit the taking of fish from the Rogue River watershed by any means, except hook and line.	Approved
1910	CISS	Measure Nos. 350-351	Create the County of Deschutes out of the northwest portion of Crook County, Oregon.	Defeated
1910	CISS	Measure Nos. 352-353	Provide the laws to create new towns, counties, and municipal districts, including a requirement of a majority vote from the territory's legal voters.	Defeated
1910	CICA	Measure Nos. 354-355	Permit counties to incur indebtedness to build permanent roads upon approval by a majority vote.	Approved
1910	CISS	Measure Nos. 356-357	Provide for voters to designate their party’s candidates for President and Vice President	Approved
1910	CISS	Measure Nos. 358-359	Create the Board of People’s Inspectors of Government and an official state magazine for government transparency and accountability.	Defeated
1910	CICA	Measure Nos. 360-361	Provide election and legislature changes, such as increasing voters' initiative, referendum, and recall powers and requiring proportional representation of the legislature.	Defeated
1910	CICA	Measure Nos. 362-363	Provide three-fourths jury verdicts in civil cases and six-year terms for state judges, prohibit re-trial without evidence, and increase the Oregon Supreme Court's jurisdiction.	Approved

1900-1909 Ballot Measures

Year	Type	Title	Description	Result
1908	CICA	Measure 9	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution	Defeated
1908	LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Increase legislator compensation from $120 to $400 for regular sessions and from $3 plus mileage to $10 for special sessions.	Defeated
1908	LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Allow state institutions to be located outside of the state capital.	Approved
1908	LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Expand the Supreme Court to five judges and authorize the legislature to reorganize circuit courts' and county courts' powers.	Defeated
1908	LRCA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Move the general biennial election from the first Monday of June to the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November.	Approved
1908	VR	Measure Nos. 308-309	Provide for the compensation of prison employees and regulate prison labor and costs of prisoners' food and boarding.	Approved
1908	VR	Measure Nos. 310-311	Require railway firms to grant free transportation to state officers, county judges, and sheriffs in order to acquire land through eminent domain.	Defeated
1908	VR	Measure Nos. 312-313	Appropriate $25,00 annually for four years to purchase land and build armories for the Oregon National Guard.	Defeated
1908	VR	Measure Nos. 314-315	Increase the annual appropriation for the University of Oregon from $47,500 to $125,000.	Approved
1908	CISS	Measure Nos. 318-319	Restrict salmon and sturgeon fishing for conservation purposes.	Approved
1908	CICA	Measure Nos. 320-321	Empower voters of every city and town to license, regulate, tax, and prohibit the sale of liquors within their municipalities.	Defeated
1908	CICA	Measure Nos. 322-323	Provide tax exemptions for farm housing, equipment, livestock, and crops.	Defeated
1908	CICA	Measure Nos. 324-325	Grant voters the power to call for a special election to recall an elected official and elect the official's successor at any time.	Approved
1908	CISS	Measure Nos. 326-327	Instruct legislators to vote for and elect as U.S. Senator the candidate who received the highest number of votes at the general election	Approved
1908	CICA	Measure Nos. 328-329	Allow for alternative state electoral systems	Approved
1908	CISS	Measure Nos. 330-331	Provide campaign rules and regulations such as campaign contribution limits and punishments for corrupting use of money.	Approved
1908	CISS	Measure Nos. 332-333	Prohibit salmon and sturgeon fishing except by hook and line in the Columbia River and Sandy River and prohibit salmon fishing during spawning season.	Approved
1908	CICA	Measure Nos. 334-335	Mandate that no person shall be charged of a crime without indictment by a grand jury and provide jury selection methods.	Approved
1908	CISS	Measure Nos. 336-337	Create the County of Hood River out of the western portion of Wasco County in Oregon.	Approved
1906	VR	Measure Nos. 300-301	Uphold an act that appropriated funds to maintain psychiatric hospitals; deaf, mute, and blind schools; penitentiaries; universities; agricultural colleges; and other schools	Approved
1906	CICA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution	Defeated
1906	CISS	Measure Nos. 304-305	Allow voters in dry counties to vote on the legality of liquor in their local municipalities.	Defeated
1906	CISS	Measure Nos. 306-307	Allow the state to purchase the Mount Hood and Barlow Road Tolls and abolish the tolls upon purchase.	Defeated
1906	CICA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Provide rules for amending the state constitution.	Approved
1906	CICA	Measure Nos. 310-311	Empower voters of every city and town to enact and amend their municipal charters.	Approved
1906	CICA	Measure Nos. 312-313	Allow the state legislature to regulate the compensation of the State Printer.	Approved
1906	CICA	Measure Nos. 314-315	Create a referendum and initiative process for local and municipal laws.	Approved
1906	CISS	Measure Nos. 316-317	Prohibit public firms from issuing any free or discounted pass, ticket, or service that is not also available to the general public.	Approved
1906	CISS	Measure Nos. 318-319	Provide a three percent license fee on the gross earnings of sleeping car, refrigerator car, and oil companies.	Approved
1906	CISS	Measure Nos. 320-321	Provide a three percent tax and a two percent tax on the gross earnings of express companies and telephone and telegraph firms.	Approved
1904	CISS	Measure Nos. 300-301	Allow for local option elections to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors	Approved
1904	CISS	Measure Nos. 302-303	Establish a direct primary system requiring party members to nominate candidates directly through primary elections	Approved
1904	LRCA	Measure Nos. 55-56	Provide the state legislature with the power to set the compensation, powers, duties, and the election of the State Printer	Approved
1902	LRCA	Measure Nos. 105-106	Create a state initiative and referendum process	Approved
1900	LRCA	Measure Nos. 154-155	Change the municipal debt limit from a fixed cap of $5,000 to a limit of 5% of the assessed valuation of property	Defeated
1900	LRCA	Measure Nos. 156-157	Increase the size of the Oregon Supreme Court from three justices to five justices	Defeated
1900	LRCA	Measure Nos. 158-159	Declare the use of land for irrigation infrastructure, including reservoirs, ditches, and flumes, as a public use	Defeated
1900	LRCA	Measure Nos. 160-161	Repeal language from the Oregon Constitution that said, "No free negro or mulatto, not residing in this state at the time of the adoption of this constitution shall come, reside, or be within this state, or hold any real estate, or make any contracts, or maintain any suit therein"	Defeated
1900	LRCA	Measure Nos. 162-163	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution	Defeated

Analysis

Ballotpedia completed an inventory of Oregon ballot measures from 1900 to 2024. Oregon voters have decided on 882 ballot measures placed on the ballot by successful citizen initiatives and the Oregon State Legislature. The types of measures decided included legislatively referred constitutional amendments, egislatively referred state statutes, commission-referred state statutes, bond issues, advisory questions, initiated state statutes, initiated constitutional amendments, and veto referendums. Four hundred eleven (411) measures were approved, and four hundred seventy-one (471) measures were defeated.

The inventory of Oregon statewide ballot measures is part of Ballotpedia's Historical Ballot Measure Factbook, which will document nearly 200 years of direct democracy in the United States. This ongoing research effort will provide an unparalleled resource for researchers, reporters, and the voting public on how ballot measures have evolved, the issues they've covered, and the role they have played in our civic life.

Notable topics

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Notable topics appearing on the Oregon ballot include direct democracy, suffrage, the death penalty, drug decriminalization, healthcare, and ranked-choice voting, among others:

• Between 1884 and 1912, Oregon voters decided on six measures related to suffrage for women. Suffrage was approved in 1912 after being defeated in 1884, 1900, 1906, 1908, and 1910.

• The original Oregon Constitution, adopted in 1857, included a provision prohibiting Black and multiracial persons from coming, residing, or being within Oregon, or holding real estate, making contracts, or maintaining suits in the state. The provision was moot with the ratification of the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment in 1868. Voters rejected removing the provision from the Oregon Constitution in 1900 before repealing the language in 1926.

• Oregon adopted the initiative and referendum process in 1902, with support from 91.63% of voters. Oregon was the third state to adopt the initiative behind South Dakota and Utah.

• In 1908, voters approved a ballot initiative to provide for the recall of an elected official.

• Starting in 1908, there have been 19 citizen-initiated ballot measures related to fishing and fisheries. The first one, approved in June 1908, restricted salmon and sturgeon fishing in the Columbia River. The most recent one, defeated in 2012, would have prohibited non-tribal commercial fishers from using gillnets to catch salmon in the mainstem of the lower Columbia River.

• In 1914, voters abolished capital punishment in the state after defeating a similar measure in 1912. The death penalty was reinstated in 1920 with the approval of Measure Nos. 304-305. However, it was abolished again via ballot measure in 1964 and reinstated by voters again in 1978.

• In 1920, voters rejected a ballot initiative providing for a system of compulsory voting, which would have required eligible citizens to participate in elections.

• Voters decided on ballot measures in 1920 and 1922 to replace the state's taxes with a single tax on the rental value of land. Both were defeated.

• In 1922, voters approved a ballot initiative to require children between eight and sixteen to attend a public school. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the initiative violated the U.S. Constitution on June 1, 1925. The unanimous decision held that, "The fundamental theory of liberty upon which all governments of this Union rest excludes any general power of the State to standardize its children by forcing them to accept instruction from public teachers only."

• In 1936, voters rejected a ballot initiative to create a state-owned and operated Bank of Oregon.

• In 1968, voters approved a constitutional amendment changing the basis for determining the number of signatures required for initiative and referendum petitions from the total votes cast for supreme court justice to the total votes cast for governor in the most recent gubernatorial election.

• In 1994, Oregon became the first state to approve an initiative authorizing physician-assisted death.

• In 1996 and 2000, Oregonians rejected ballot measures related to the legislature's power to review and approve or reject administrative rules.

• Also in 1996, voters approved a constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths (60%) vote in each legislative chamber to pass revenue-raising bills.

• In 2020, voters approved Measure 110, decriminalizing drugs in the state. The legislature re-criminalized the possession of certain drugs as misdemeanors in 2024.

• In 2024, voters defeated a ballot measure that would have established ranked-choice voting for federal and state executive offices. Oregon had decided on six ballot measures related to electoral systems before 2024, including top-two primaries in 2008 and 2014, and proportional representation-type systems in 1910, 1912, and 1914. Earlier, in 1908, voters approved a ballot initiative allowing for voting systems that enable a "direct or indirect expression of [a voter's] first, second or additional choices."

Statistics

Closest and widest margins

Of the 882 ballot measures, 14 were decided by less than a percentage point of the vote. The top five closest measures are below:

Closest vote margins for Oregon statewide ballot measures, 1900-2024
Measure	Year	Yes votes		No votes		Vote margin	Outcome
		#	%	#	%
Measure 92	2014	752,737	49.97%	753,574	50.03%	-0.06%	d
Measure Nos. 334-335	1914	100,522	50.03%	100,395	49.97%	0.06%	a
Measure 53	2008	490,158	50.03%	489,477	49.97%	0.06%	a
Measure 8	1994	611,760	50.04%	610,776	49.96%	0.08%	a
Measure Nos. 310-311	1916	99,745	49.91%	100,119	50.09%	-0.19%	d

The following five measures had the widest vote margins by percentage:

Widest vote margins for Oregon statewide ballot measures, 1900-2024
Measure	Year	Yes votes		No votes		Vote margin	Outcome
		#	%	#	%
Measure 22	1995	709,931	94.00%	45,311	6.00%	88.00%	a
Measure 2	1968	690,989	92.38%	56,973	7.62%	84.77%	a
Measure Nos. 320-321	1906	70,872	91.77%	6,360	8.23%	83.53%	a
Measure Nos. 105-106	1902	62,024	91.63%	5,668	8.37%	83.25%	a
Measure Nos. 318-319	1906	69,635	91.53%	6,441	8.47%	83.07%	a

Oregon ballot measure topics

Oregon ballot measures have addressed 81 unique topics with some addressing multiple topics in one measure. The top 10 most common topics addressed are:

1. Taxes (208 measures)
2. Education (74 measures)
3. State and local government budgets, spending, and finance (72 measures)
4. State legislatures measures (57 measures)
5. Elections and campaigns (51 measures)
6. Transportation (51 measures)
7. Property (49 measures)
8. Administration of government (48 measures)
9. County and municipal governance (48 measures)
10. Business regulation (47 measures)

By the decade

The average number of measures per decade was about 68, and the average percentage of measures approved per decade was 51.1%. The decade with the most ballot measures was the 1910s, which featured 137 ballot measures. Forty-six measures (33.58%) were approved, and 91 (66.42%) were defeated. The decade that had the highest approval rate was the 2020s, which has featured 13 measures—10 (76.92%) were approved, and three (23.08%) were defeated. The decade with the lowest approval rating was the 1930s. The decade featured 67 ballot measures—21 (31.34%) were approved and 46 (68.66%) were defeated.

By type

See also: Types of ballot measures in Oregon

There are eight different types of ballot measures in Oregon. Legislatively referred constitutional amendments have appeared on the ballot the most number of times (360). Apart from the single bond issue that was approved in 1917, legislatively referred constitutional amendments had the highest approval rate at 59%. Initiated constitutional amendments had the lowest success rate at 33%.

Legislatively referred measures have had better success at the ballot box than citizen-initiated measures. Legislatively referred measures were approved 58% of the time, as compared to 36% for ballot initiatives.

Background

Citizen-initiated ballot measures

In Oregon, citizens have the power to initiate constitutional amendments, state statutes, and veto referendums. In 1902, voters adopted a constitutional amendment allowing for initiated constitutional amendments, state statutes, and veto referendums.

In Oregon, the number of signatures needed to place a measure on the ballot is based on the total number of votes cast for the governor in the preceding election.

The following are the requirements for the types of citizen-initiated measures in Oregon:

• initiated constitutional amendment (ICA): 8 percent of the votes cast for governor
• initiated state statute (ISS): 6 percent of the votes cast for governor
• veto referendum (VR): 4 percent of the votes cast for governor

Legislatively referred ballot measures

In Oregon, the state legislature has the power to refer constitutional amendments, state statutes, and bond measures to the ballot. All legislatively referred measures require a simple majority vote during one legislative session to be placed on the ballot, and they do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

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