Oregon Measure 5, Creation and Jurisdiction of State Courts Amendment (1962)

Oregon Measure 5
Election date November 6, 1962
Topic State judiciary
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Oregon Measure 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 6, 1962. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the legislature to create lower state courts and regulate their jurisdiction.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the legislature to create lower state courts and regulate their jurisdiction.

Election results

Oregon Measure 5
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		307,855	61.41%
No		193,487	38.59%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Measure 5 was as follows:

“

STATE COURTS: CREATION AND JURISDICTION - Purpose: To amend Constitution by authorizing legislature to pass special laws as well as general laws creating lower State courts and defining and regulating their jurisdiction.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Oregon Constitution

A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Oregon State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 31 votes in the Oregon House of Representatives and 16 votes in the Oregon State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1962 Measures

• 1962 Measures
• State judiciary on the ballot
• 1962 legislative sessions

Oregon

• Oregon ballot measures
• Oregon ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Oregon Voter Guide (1962)