List of Oregon Ballot Measures - 1970s

1970s

May 1970 Primary Election
meas.
num.
passed YES
votes
NO
votes
%
YES
Const.
Amd.?
type description
1 No 190,257 300,126 38.80% Yes LEG Capital Construction Bonds for State Government
2 YES 326,374 168,464 65.96% Yes LEG Repeals "White Foreigner" Section of Constitution
3 No 182,074 322,682 36.07% Yes LEG Revised Constitution for Oregon
4 YES 292,234 213,835 57.75% Yes LEG Pollution Control Bonds
5 No 202,018 336,527 37.51% Yes LEG Lowers Oregon Voting Age to 19
6 No 180,602 323,189 35.85% Yes LEG Local School Property Tax Equalization Measure
1970 General Election
meas.
num.
passed YES
votes
NO
votes
%
YES
Const.
Amd.?
type description
1 No 261,428 340,104 43.46% Yes LEG Constitutional Amendment Concerning Convening of Legislature
2 YES 342,138 269,467 55.94% Yes LEG Automatic Adoption, Federal Income Tax Amendments
3 No 283,659 294,186 49.09% Yes LEG Constitutional Amendment Concerning County Debt Limitation
4 YES 332,188 268,588 55.29% Yes LEG Investing Funds Donated to Higher Education
5 YES 481,031 133,564 78.27% Yes LEG Veterans' Loan Amendment
6 YES 436,897 158,409 73.39% Yes LEG Limits Term of Defeated Incumbents
7 No 269,372 318,651 45.81% Yes LEG Constitutional Amendment Authorizing Education Bonds
8 YES 352,771 260,100 57.56% Yes LEG Allows Penal Institutions Anywhere in Oregon
9 YES 406,315 214,243 65.48% No Init Scenic Waterways Bill
10 No 223,735 405,437 35.56% Yes Init New Property Tax Bases for Schools
11 No 272,765 342,503 44.33% Yes Init Restricts Governmental Powers Over Rural Property

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