Oregon Measure Nos. 308-309, Female Jurors Measure (June 1921)
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| Topic Jury rules and Sex and gender issues |
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| Type Legislatively referred state statute |
Origin |
Oregon Measure Nos. 308-309 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred state statute in Oregon on June 7, 1921. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported permitting women to serve as jurors and requiring at least half of the trial jury to be women in cases involving minors. |
A "no" vote opposed permitting women to serve as jurors and requiring at least half of the trial jury to be women in cases involving minors. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure Nos. 308-309 |
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59,882 | 50.26% | ||
| No | 59,265 | 49.74% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure Nos. 308-309 was as follows:
| “ | Submitted by the legislature—WOMEN JURORS AND REVISED JURY LAW—Purpose: To permit women to serve as jurors; to provide a special notice by which women may release themselves from jury service; to require the names of qualified jurors to be ascertained from the latest tax roll and registration books and any other sources of official information; to require the proportional selection of jurors to be made from the registration books as well as from the assessment roll; to require at least one-half of the trial jury to be women in criminal actions involving a minor under eighteen years of age either as defendant or complaining witness. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Oregon State Legislature to place a state statute 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. Statutes do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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