Oregon Measure Nos. 300-301, Taxpayer Voting Qualifications Amendment (1932)

Oregon Measure Nos. 300-301
Election date November 8, 1932
Topic Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Oregon Measure Nos. 300-301 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 8, 1932. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported requiring voters on issues of bonds and taxes to be taxpayers.

A "no" vote opposed requiring voters on issues of bonds and taxes to be taxpayers.

Election results

Oregon Measure Nos. 300-301
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		189,321	60.39%
No		124,160	39.61%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Measure Nos. 300-301 was as follows:

“

Constitutional Amendment - Referred to the People by the Legislative Assembly - Vote YES or NO TAXPAYER VOTING QUALIFICATION AMENDMENT - Purpose: To permit the enactment of laws limiting the taxpayers the right to vote upon questions of levying special laws or issuing public bonds.

”

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

1932 Measures

• 1932 Measures
• Literacy on the ballot
• poll tax on the ballot
• and property voting requirements on the ballot
• 1932 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 (1932)