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Initiative, Referendum and Recall: 1902-1906
Key: *Adopted; L-Referred by the Legislature; I-Submitted by initiative petition; R-Referendum by petition.
Election Date |
Meas.# | Ballot Title |
Yes |
No |
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June 2, 1902 |
1. |
Limits Uses Initiative and Referendum--L1 |
*62,024 |
/5,668 |
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June 6, 1904 |
1. |
Office of State Printer--L1 |
*45,334 |
14,031 |
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2. |
Direct Primary Nominating Convention Law--I2 |
*56,205 |
16,354 |
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3. |
Local Option Liquor law--I2 |
*43,316 |
40,198 |
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June 4, 1906 |
1. |
Shall act appropriating money maintaining Insane Asylum, Penitentiary, Deaf-Mute, Blind School, University, Agricultural College, and Normal Schools be approved--R |
*43,918 |
26,758 |
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2. |
Equal Suffrage Constitutional Amendment--I1 |
36,902 |
47,075 |
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3. |
Amendment to local option law giving anti-prohibitionists and prohibitionists equal privileges--I2 |
35,297 |
45,144 |
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4. |
Law to abolish tolls on the Mount Hood and Barlow Road and providing for its ownership by the State--I2 |
31,525 |
44,527 |
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5. |
Constitutional amendment providing method of amending constitution and applying the referendum to all laws affecting constitutional conventions and amendments--I1 |
*47,661 |
18,751 |
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6. |
Constitutional amendment giving cities and towns exclusive power to enact and amend their charters--I1 |
*52,567 |
19,852 |
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7. |
Constitutional amendment to allow the state printing, binding, and Printers' compensation to be regulated by law at any time--I1 |
*63,749 |
9,571 |
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8. |
Constitutional amendment for the initiative and referendum on local, special, and municipal laws and parts of laws--I1 |
*47,678 |
16,735 |
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9. |
Bill for a law prohibiting free passes and discrimination by railroad companies and other public service corporations--I2 |
*57,281 |
16,779 |
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10. |
An act requiring sleeping car companies, refrigerator car companies, and oil companies to pay an annual license upon gross earnings--I2 |
*69,635 |
6,441 |
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11. |
An act requiring express companies, telegraph companies, and telephone companies to pay an annual license upon gross earnings--I2 |
*70,872 |
6,360 |
0Repeal of federal prohibition amendment.
1Constitutional amendment.
2Statutory enactment.
3Required communication to federal officials on
behalf of people of Oregon.
4Tri-county measure voted on in Clackamas,
Multnomah and Washington Counties.
5Advisory vote for legislators' information.