Oregon Measure 2, Expansion of War Veterans' Fund Use Amendment (May 1977)
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| Topic Veterans policy |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oregon Measure 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oregon on May 17, 1977. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing the Oregon War Veterans’ Fund to be used to aid veterans’ organizations and veterans’ services, train service officers, and pay the costs of the Director of Veterans Affairs. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing the Oregon War Veterans’ Fund to be used to aid veterans’ organizations and veterans’ services, train service officers, and pay the costs of the Director of Veterans Affairs. |
Election results
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200,270 | 55.83% | ||
| No | 158,436 | 44.17% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure 2 was as follows:
| “ | AUTHORIZES ADDITIONAL VETERANS’ FUND USES Purpose: Proposed constitutional amendment authorizes use of Oregon War Veterans’ Fund, now limited to farm and home acquisition loans for qualified veterans, to (1) aid veterans’ organizations’ veterans’ service programs; (2) train county veterans’ service officers; (3) aid county veterans’ service programs; (4) pay costs of Director of Veterans Affairs as conservator of veterans’ estates; and (5) pay costs of Director in otherwise providing services to veterans, their dependents and survivors. | ” |
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.
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Footnotes
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