Ballot Measure Advocacy
Mannix was a driving force behind the effort to get tougher sentences for criminals. In 1994, he helped pass Ballot Measure 11, which imposed mandatory minimum sentences for certain crimes.
In 1996, Mannix brought Ballot Measure 40 to the ballot. It passed by a margin of 59% to 41%. Measure 40 was overturned by the Oregon Supreme Court in Armatta v. Kitzhaber, 327 Or. 250, 959 P.2d 49 (1998) on the grounds that it contained more than one amendment to the Oregon Constitution.
Measure 40 case precedent has been the basis for overturning several voter-approved initiatives. Among these are legislator term limits in 2002 and Measure 3, the Oregon Property Protection Act of 2000. Measure 40 returned to voters as Measures 69-75 in November 1999. The measures were primarily funded by conservative millionaires Loren Parks and Mark Hemstreet (founder/CEO of Shilo Inn hotels). Of the seven measures, four were passed by voters.
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