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Oregon Measure 85, Requirements for New County Formation Amendment (2000)
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| Topic County and municipal governance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oregon Measure 85 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 7, 2000. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported allowing counties with over 100,000 inhabitants to be established or reduced to an area smaller than 400 square miles. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing counties with over 100,000 inhabitants to be established or reduced to an area smaller than 400 square miles. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure 85 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 634,307 | 45.25% | ||
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767,366 | 54.75% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure 85 was as follows:
| “ | AMENDS CONSTITUTION: MODIFIES POPULATION, MINIMUM AREA REQUIREMENTS FOR FORMATION OF NEW COUNTIES RESULT OF "YES” VOTE: “Yes” vote modifies population and minimum area requirements for formation of new counties. RESULT OF “NO” VOTE: “No” vote retains current constitutional requirements for minimum area of counties, population of new counties. SUMMARY: Amends constitution. Constitution now requires that all counties have minimum area of 400 square miles and that new counties have minimum of 1200 inhabitants. Measure permits new county to be established with, or existing county to be reduced in size to, less than 400 square miles, provided that new county has more than 100,000 inhabitants. If new county is established on land from existing county, existing county must retain population at least as great as that of new county at time new county is established. ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial effect on state or local government expenditures or revenues. | ” |
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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State of Oregon Salem (capital) |
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