Oregon Measure Nos. 302-303, Legislature Session Lengths and Salaries Amendment (1920)
| Oregon Measure Nos. 302-303 | |
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| Topic Salaries of government officials and State legislatures measures |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oregon Measure Nos. 302-303 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 2, 1920. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported limiting regular legislative sessions to sixty working days and extra sessions to twenty days, regulating bill introductions after the fortieth day, and providing each legislator with no more than three hundred dollars per regular session service. |
A "no" vote opposed limiting regular legislative sessions to sixty working days and extra sessions to twenty days, regulating bill introductions after the fortieth day, and providing each legislator with no more than three hundred dollars per regular session service. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure Nos. 302-303 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 80,342 | 48.44% | ||
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85,524 | 51.56% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure Nos. 302-303 was as follows:
| “ | Constitutional Amendment - Referred to the People by the Legislative Assembly Submitted by the legislature - CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT REGULATING LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS AND THE PAYMENT OF LEGISLATORS - Purpose: To amend section 29 of article IV of the constitution of the state of Oregon to limit regular legislative sessions to sixty working days and extra sessions to twenty days, to regulate the introduction of bills after the fortieth day of the session, and to provide that each legislator shall receive not more than three hundred dollars for services, or when convened in extra session by the governor not more than five dollars per day, also mileage at the rate of three dollars for every twenty miles traveled to and from the place of meeting by the most usual route. --- Vote YES or NO. | ” |
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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