Oregon Measure Nos. 346-347, State Board to Draft Workplace Liability Laws Initiative (1910)

Oregon Measure Nos. 346-347
Election date November 8, 1910
Topic Labor and unions
Status Defeated
Type Initiated state statute	Origin Citizens

Oregon Measure Nos. 346-347 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Oregon on November 8, 1910. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported creating a Board of Commissioners to examine workplace injuries and to draft workplace liability laws for the legislature.

A "no" vote opposed creating a Board of Commissioners to examine workplace injuries and to draft workplace liability laws for the legislature.

Election results

Oregon Measure Nos. 346-347
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		32,224	38.39%
No		51,719	61.61%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Measure Nos. 346-347 was as follows:

“

Proposed by Initiative Petition A bill for an act creating a Board of Commissioners of nine members to examine the subject of employees' indemnity for injuries sustained in the course of their employment, and to prepare a measure to be presented to the legislature governing the same, and report to the Governor of the State on or before the 1st day of February, 1911, and appropriating $1,000 for the purposes of the act. --- Vote YES or NO.

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Signature requirements for ballot measures in Oregon

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.

See also

1910 Measures

• 1910 Measures
• Labor and unions on the ballot
• 1910 legislative sessions

Oregon

• Oregon ballot measures
• Oregon ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
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External links

• Oregon Voter Guide (1910)