Oregon Measure Nos. 314-315, Act Subject and Title Amendment (1952)
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oregon Measure Nos. 314-315 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 4, 1952. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported requiring each legislative act have a single subject expressed in its title and voiding any act with a title-subject mismatch. |
A "no" vote opposed requiring each legislative act have a single subject expressed in its title and voiding any act with a title-subject mismatch. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure Nos. 314-315 |
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315,071 | 62.25% | ||
| No | 191,087 | 37.75% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure Nos. 314-315 was as follows:
| “ | AMENDATORY ACT TITLE SUBJECT AMENDMENT - Purpose: To amend section 20 of Article IV of the constitution of Oregon, and construing the amendment so as to permit the inclusion in an amendatory act, under a proper title, or matters otherwise germane to the same general subject, although title or titles of original act or acts may not have been sufficiently broad to have permitted such matter to have been so included in such original acts or any of them. | ” |
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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