Oregon Measure 10, Vacancies in Elective Office Amendment (1960)

Oregon Measure 10
Election date November 8, 1960
Topic Elections and campaigns
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Oregon Measure 10 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 8, 1960. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing the legislature to provide that an elective office becomes vacant whenever the public official serving in that office is elected to a different office.

A "no" vote opposed allowing the legislature to provide that an elective office becomes vacant whenever the public official serving in that office is elected to a different office.

Election results

Oregon Measure 10
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		486,019	74.10%
No		169,865	25.90%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Measure 10 was as follows:

“

ELECTIVE OFFICES: WHEN TO BECOME VACANT - Purpose: To amend Constitution to permit Legislature to provide that an elective office becomes vacant whenever the public official is elected to another office.

”

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

1960 Measures

• 1960 Measures
• Elections and campaigns on the ballot
• 1960 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 (1960)