Oregon Measure Nos. 304-305, County Manager Amendment (July 1933)

Oregon Measure Nos. 304-305
Election date July 21, 1933
Topic County and municipal governance
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Oregon Measure Nos. 304-305 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oregon on July 21, 1933. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing county voters to adopt a manager-led form of county government.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing county voters to adopt a manager-led form of county government.

Election results

Oregon Measure Nos. 304-305
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		66,425	36.18%
No		117,148	63.82%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Measure Nos. 304-305 was as follows:

“

COUNTY MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT—Purpose: Authorizing county voters to adopt manager form of county government; abolishing present elective county offices except school superintendent; circuit court discharging county judges’ judicial duties.

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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

1933 Measures

• 1933 Measures
• County and municipal governance on the ballot
• 1933 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 (1933)