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Oregon Measure 54, Voter Eligibility for School District Elections Amendment (2008)

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Oregon Measure 54

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Election date

November 4, 2008

Topic
Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements and Voting age policy
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Oregon Measure 54 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 4, 2008. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported aligning voter eligibility for school board elections with other state and local elections, removing age, residency, and literacy test requirements.

A "no" vote opposed aligning voter eligibility for school board elections with other state and local elections, removing age, residency, and literacy test requirements.


Election results

Oregon Measure 54

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

1,194,173 72.59%
No 450,979 27.41%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Measure 54 was as follows:

Amends Constitution: Standardizes voting eligibility for school board elections with other state and local elections.

Ballot summary

The ballot summary for this measure was:

Amends Oregon Constitution. The Oregon Constitution requires voters in school district elections to be 21 years of age and residents in the school district for six months. It also requires voters to pass a literacy test to vote in school district elections. This measure would eliminate these school district voter eligibility requirements because they are unenforceable under the United States Constitution and federal law. Voters in school district elections would still have to satisfy all other voter eligibility requirements for local, state and federal elections in Oregon. This measure would "clean up" the Oregon Constitution by deleting outdated and unenforceable language.

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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