Oregon Measure Nos. 306-307, State Indebtedness for Roads, Irrigation, and Energy Projects Amendment (1914)
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| Topic State and local government budgets, spending, and finance and Water irrigation policy |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
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Oregon Measure Nos. 306-307 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 3, 1914. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported allowing the state to incur indebtedness in excess of $50,000 for building and maintaining roads, constructing irrigation, and developing untilled land and power projects. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing the state to incur indebtedness in excess of $50,000 for building and maintaining roads, constructing irrigation, and developing untilled land and power projects. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure Nos. 306-307 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 49,759 | 26.85% | ||
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135,550 | 73.15% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure Nos. 306-307 was as follows:
| “ | Referred to the People by the Legislative Assembly FOR AMENDMENT of Section 7 of Article XI of the Constitution, to enable the State to lend its credit or incur indebtedness in excess of fifty thousand dollars for building and maintaining permanent roads, constructing irrigation and power projects and developing untilled lands, but limiting the total credit and indebtedness for road purposes to two per cent, and the total credit lent or indebtedness incurred for irrigation and power projects and development of untilled lands to two per cent, of the assessed valuation of all the property in the State, making a total of four per cent for both. --- Vote YES or NO. | ” |
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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