Oregon Measure Nos. 360-361, Authorization of Court-Issued Road Bonds Initiative (1912)
| Oregon Measure Nos. 360-361 | |
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| Topic Bond issues and County and municipal governance |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oregon Measure Nos. 360-361 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 5, 1912. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing county courts to issue and sell bonds to build and maintain roads within the county with voter approval. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing county courts to issue and sell bonds to build and maintain roads within the county with voter approval. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure Nos. 360-361 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 38,568 | 37.79% | ||
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63,481 | 62.21% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure Nos. 360-361 was as follows:
| “ | Proposed by Initiative Petition For amendment of Section 10 of Article XI of the Constitution of the State of Oregon empowering the court of any county to issue and sell bonds or other securities to build and maintain roads within the county when authorized by a majority of the voters of the county, and empowering the county court to present the question at any general election, or to call a special election for such purposes and repealing all constitutional amendments and acts in conflict with the proposed amendment, including those submitted to the people at this election. --- 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 constitutional amendment 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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