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Oregon Death Penalty Repeal Amendment (2014)
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| This measure was not put on an election ballot |
The Oregon Death Penalty Repeal Amendment did not make the November 2014 statewide ballot in Oregon as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment.[1] The measure would have removed capital punishment from Oregon's constitution, thereby ending the use of the death penalty in the state.[2]
Support
Representative Mitch Greenlick sponsored the measure.[2]
Supporters
- Rep. Greenlick
- Governor John Kitzhaber[2]
Arguments
- Rep. Greenlick argued that the death penalty is not only a moral issue, but a fiscal one as well. He said, "Eventually [voters] are going to understand that this is either a fiscally correct thing to do or a morally correct thing to do."[2]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Oregon Constitution
According to Section 1, Article XVIII of the Oregon Constitution a majority vote of both chambers of the Oregon State Legislature was required to place the amendment proposed by the legislature on the statewide ballot.
See also
Footnotes
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