Election Results
Measure 41 was rejected, winning 43.5% of the vote (576,153 votes out of 1,325,557.)
TAO, the main organized support for the measure received 94% of its funding from Illinois-based Americans for Limited Government, which sponsored similar measures in numerous states in 2006. Opposing groups also pooled their resources in pushing for the defeat of both Measures 41 and 48, spending $1.9 million.
Read more about this topic: Oregon Ballot Measure 41 (2006)
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