List of Oregon Ballot Measures - 1980s

1980s

May 1980 Special Election
Measure results
meas.
num.
passed YES
votes
NO
votes
%
YES
Const.
Amd.?
type description
1 YES 451,695 257,230 63.72% Yes LEG Limits uses of gasoline and highway user taxes
2 No 325,030 384,346 45.82% Yes LEG Amends liquor by the drink
3 YES 394,466 278,125 58.65% Yes LEG State bonds for small scale local energy project loan fund
4 YES 574,148 130,452 81.49% Yes LEG Veterans' home and farm loan eligibility changes
5 YES 636,565 64,979 90.74% No LEG Continues tax reduction program
6 YES 536,002 138,675 79.45% Yes LEG Definition of multifamily low income elderly housing
1980 General Election
Measure results
meas.
num.
passed YES
votes
NO
votes
%
YES
Const.
Amd.?
type description
1 No 291,142 820,892 26.18% Yes LEG Repeal constitutional provision requiring elected superintendent of public instruction
2 YES 678,573 455,020 59.86% Yes LEG Guarantees mentally handicapped voting rights, unless adjudged incompetent to vote
3 YES 594,520 500,586 54.29% Yes LEG Dedicates oil, natural gas taxes to common school fund
4 No 298,421 849,745 25.99% No LEG Increases gas tax from seven to nine cents per gallon
5 No 425,890 728,173 36.90% No Init Forbids use, sale of snare, leghold traps for most purposes
6 No 416,029 711,617 36.89% Yes Init Real property tax limit preserving 85% Districts' 1977 revenue
7 YES 608,412 535,049 53.21% No Init Nuclear plant licensing requires voter approval, waste disposal facility existence
8 No 523,955 551,383 48.72% Yes LEG State bonds for fund to finance correctional facilities

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