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Oregon Measure Nos. 324-325, Allow Counties to Issue Road Bonds Initiative (1912)
| Oregon Measure Nos. 324-325 | |
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| Topic Bond issues and Transportation |
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| Type Initiated state statute |
Origin |
Oregon Measure Nos. 324-325 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Oregon on November 5, 1912. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported allowing counties to issue bonds for the construction of permanent roads. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing counties to issue bonds for the construction of permanent roads. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure Nos. 324-325 |
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| Yes | 49,699 | 46.70% | ||
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56,713 | 53.30% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure Nos. 324-325 was as follows:
| “ | A bill for an Act authorizing any county in this State to issue bonds for the construction of permanent roads, providing a mode of procedure by which a special election may be called within the county to vote whether bonds shall be issued and providing for the sale of bonds and the expenditure of the money realized therefrom in actual road construction. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
The number of signatures required for an initiated state statute was equal to 8% of the total votes cast in the last Supreme Court justice election.
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Footnotes
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