State Ballot Measure Results
#83
Oregon’s Veterans’ Home Loan program provides home loans to veterans who
served at least 210 days in the military prior to 1977 and filed fora loan prior to 1986. The
measure would eliminate the 1986 deadline and extend the loan program to veterans who
served at least 210 days after 1977.
#84
The measure would retain requirements that the state pay local governments for
the costs of state-mandated programs. If the measure fails to pass, the requirement would be
repealed, forcing local governments to pay for state-mandated programs.
#85
The measure would modify population and minimum area requirements for
forming new counties. The measure permits new counties to be established with less than 400
square miles provided that the new county has 100,000 inhabitants.
#86
Current statutory law requires the state to send refunds to taxpayers every two
years when state income exceeds projections by 2 percent. The legislature could withhold the
refund with a three-fifths vote. This measure would make this requirement a constitutional
amendment and require a two-thirds vote by the legislature to withhold a refund.
#87
The measure would allow city and county government to zone where sexually ori
ented businesses can locate.
^ 8 8 The measure would cut taxes by increasing the maximum deductible on Oregon
personal income tax returns for federal income taxes paid from $3,000 to $5,000.
#89
The measure would create a fund from tobacco settlement proceeds dedicated
to specified health, housing and transportation programs.
^ 8 0 This measure would allow regulated utilities—including electric, phone, gas
and water—to charge rates high enough to make closed facilities profitable.
#91
The measure would make federal income taxes fully deductible on Oregon per
sonal and corporate income tax returns.
#92
Measure 92 would prohibit payroll deductions for political purposes without spe
cific written authorization from the employee each year. It would also restrict the use of pay
roll-deducted funds from such organizations as unions, charities, insurance companies and fi
nancial institutions.
9 3 This measure would require Oregonians to vote on increases in taxes or fees. If
the measure passes, future tax or fee increases would have to pass by whatever margin Mea
sure 93 passes. Levies passed since 1998 would be called to vote as well.
#94
The measure would repeal Measure 11 - mandatory minimum sentences for cer
tain violent crimes and other felonies-and would require resentencing.
The measure would link teacher pay with student performances on assessmen
#95
t tests.
9 6 This measure would bar the legislature from altering the initiative process to
make it more difficult for an initiative to reach the ballot.
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#97
This measure would prohibit the use of animal traps, including steel-jawed
leghold traps, and would outlaw the harvest and sale of fur using such traps. It would also
make the use of poisons sodium fluoroacetateand sodium cyanide illegal.
#98
The measure would prohibit the use of public resources—including public
monies, public employee time, public buildings and public equipment and supplies—to
collect or help collect political funds. Political funds include money contributed to candi
dates, political committees or parties and ballot measure or initiative petitions.
#99
The measure would amend the constitution to create a state commission that
would work to ensure high-quality home care for elderly and disabled people who receive
publicly funded personal care in their homes.
#1
The measure would amend the constitution to require the Legislature to adequate
ly fund school quality goals linked to Oregon’s school reform efforts. If funding isn’t ade
quate, the legislature must issue a report analyzing why funding fell short and how that will
affect students. Also, the measure would require the state to establish grants for poor school
districts.
#2
The measure would amend the constitution to create a process for petitioners to
require the legislature to review government agency policies.
#3
The measure requires conviction before property forfeiture, restricts use of pro
ceeds, requires reporting of the nature and disposition of all forfeited properties by forfeiting
agencies and declares a penalty for violations.
#4
The measure creates a tobacco settlement trust fund with earnings dedicated to
low-income health care.
#5
The measure would require mental health and criminal background checks for
anybody buying a gun at a gun show.
#6
The measure provides limited public funding to candidates accepting limits on
spending and private contributions.
#7
The measure would require state and local governments to pay property owners if
law or regulation reduces property value.
#8
The measure limits state spending to 15 percent of the state’s personal income in
the prior biennium. This will reduce state government spending by an estimated $5.7 billion
for the 2001-2003 biennium.
#9
The measure prohibits public schools from encouraging or sanctioning homosexu
ality. Thoseschools that are found to have encouraged, sanctioned or promoted homosexu
ality would lose state funding.
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Candidate Results
Attorney General
Hardy Myers
Democrat incumbent Hardy Myers was
holding onto his position as Attorney
General, earning 49 percent of the vote
as of 1 a.m. Wednesday. He beat out
two other candidates in the election.
During the campaign, Myers focused on
his achievements in office, specifically
his work to assist victims of domestic vi
olence. If reelected, Myers pledged to
protect basic rights and to defend those
rights against criminal activity.
U.S. House of Representatives,
District 4
Peter DeFazio
Democrat U.S. Representative Peter De
Fazio was elected to h is eighth consecu
tive term of office with a resounding 67
percent of the vote. DeFazio has pointed
to his recent success in designating the
Steens Mountainsarea in Southwest Ore
gon a national monument and sustain
ingeducation fundingas reasons why
voters should reelect him. If elected, De
Fazio promised to maintain his activity
on environmental and education issuesand work to invest more
federal funding into transportation and less in nuclear weapons.
State House of Representatives,
District 41
Jeff Miller
Jeff R. Miller was winning the District
41 seat with 50.7 percent of the vote as of
1 a.m. Wednesday. Miller’s platform re
volved around decreasing crime rates by
putting money into early prevention pro
grams. Miller is a former Eugene mayor
and said his experience in the office has
taught him how to work across party lines.
Miller said he is in favor of findinga way to
get local control back to school districts.
M i I ler a Iso sa id health-ca re costs shou Id not be i ncreasi ng, a nd so
lutionscanbefoundbythinking“outsideofthebox.”
Secretary of State
Bill Bradbury
Democrat incumbent Bill Bradbury
appeared to defeat three other chal
lengers in the race for Secretary of
State with 49 percent of the vote as of
1 a.m. Wednesday. Bradbury intro
duced the vote-by-mail system to
Oregon, still the only state to use the
system. He ran on a platform to pro
tect Oregon’s natural heritage and to
ensure that the state’s higher educa
tion systems receive the highest
amount of funding available. Bradbury has also pledged to en
sure Oregon receives the highest value for timber products.
State House of Representatives,
District 40
Phil Barnhart
Democrat Phil Barnhart was winning
the District 40 seat with 69.3 percent of
the vote as of 1 a.m. Wednesday. Barn
hart’s platform revolved around increas
ing funding for education and making
the Oregon Health Plan available to stu
dents. Barnhart said he wants to begin
discussion on how Oregon’s money
could be better spent. Barnhart said he
would improve public safety by support
ing the recently passed Measure 5.
State Treasurer
Randall Edwards
Democrat Randall Edwards was win
ning the State Treasurer office with 50
percent of the vote as of 1 a.m.
Wednesday. The former state repre
sentative from the Portland area
pointed to his previous experience
working with the Oregon State Trea
sury as an advisor and experience in
the private sector as reasons why vot
ers should support him.