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Oregon Measure Nos. 302-303, Transfer Veterans' Fund to Common School Fund Amendment (1952)
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| Topic Education and Veterans policy |
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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 4, 1952. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported transferring all the assets of the world war veterans’ state aid sinking fund to the common school fund. |
A "no" vote opposed transferring all the assets of the world war veterans’ state aid sinking fund to the common school fund. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure Nos. 302-303 |
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454,898 | 75.56% | ||
| No | 147,128 | 24.44% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure Nos. 302-303 was as follows:
| “ | WORLD WAR VETERANS’ STATE AID SINKING FUND REPEAL AMENDMENT - Purpose: Repeals Article XI-C of the constitution of the state of Oregon, and provides that all assets of the world war veterans’ state aid sinking fund be thereby transferred to the common school fund at such value and under such conditions as shall have been or may hereafter be prescribed by statute. | ” |
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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