Oregon Measure Nos. 352-353, Laws for Creating and Modifying Counties Initiative (1910)
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| Topic County and municipal governance |
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| Type Initiated state statute |
Origin |
Oregon Measure Nos. 352-353 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Oregon on November 8, 1910. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported providing the laws to create new towns, counties, and municipal districts, such as requiring a majority vote of the legal voters of the territory under consideration. |
A "no" vote opposed providing the laws to create new towns, counties, and municipal districts, such as requiring a majority vote of the legal voters of the territory under consideration. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure Nos. 352-353 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 37,129 | 46.73% | ||
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42,327 | 53.27% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure Nos. 352-353 was as follows:
| “ | Proposed by Initiative Petition A bill for an act providing for the creation of new towns, counties, and municipal districts (excepting drainage and irrigation districts of less than one county) or changing the boundaries of existing counties by a majority vote of the legal voters of the territory within the boundaries of the proposed municipality, and providing that 30 per cent of the number of legal voters within such territory may petition for the creation of a new municipal corporation, and providing for the appointment of officers and adjustment of the finances of the new corporation, and the method of procedure to create the same. --- Vote YES or NO. | ” |
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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