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Amends Constitution: Provides That May And November Property Tax Elections Are Decided By Majority Of Voters Voting. | ||||||||||||||||
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 Results by county
Yes 50%-60%
60%-70%
No 50%-60% | ||||||||||||||||
| Source: Oregon Secretary of State[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Oregon Ballot Measure 56 or House Joint Resolution 15 (HJR 15) is a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that enacted law which provides that property tax elections decided at May and November elections will be decided by a majority of voters who are voting in the relevant election.[2] It repealed the double majority requirement passed by the voters in the 1990s via Measures 47 and 50, which requires that, for non-general elections, all bond measures can pass only when a majority of registered voters turn out.
The measure appeared on the November 4, 2008 general election ballot in Oregon and was passed with 56.6% of the vote.
Vote tallies by county:
| County | Yes | Votes | No | Votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker | 45.60 | 3,794 | 54.40 | 4,527 | 8,321 |
| Benton | 60.15 | 25,825 | 39.85 | 17,106 | 42,931 |
| Clackamas | 54.54 | 96,605 | 45.46 | 80,525 | 177,130 |
| Clatsop | 58.96 | 10,122 | 41.04 | 7,046 | 17,168 |
| Columbia | 50.52 | 11,861 | 49.48 | 11,619 | 23,480 |
| Coos | 50.46 | 14,896 | 49.54 | 14,623 | 29,519 |
| Crook | 46.37 | 4,543 | 53.63 | 5,254 | 9,797 |
| Curry | 48.23 | 5,552 | 51.77 | 5,960 | 11,512 |
| Deschutes | 52.25 | 38,769 | 47.75 | 35,428 | 74,197 |
| Douglas | 47.76 | 23,696 | 52.24 | 25,919 | 49,615 |
| Gilliam | 54.20 | 568 | 45.80 | 480 | 1,048 |
| Grant | 45.14 | 1,645 | 54.86 | 1,999 | 3,644 |
| Harney | 48.81 | 1,688 | 51.19 | 1,770 | 3,458 |
| Hood River | 58.06 | 5,259 | 41.94 | 3,799 | 9,058 |
| Jackson | 52.82 | 49,843 | 47.18 | 44,527 | 94,370 |
| Jefferson | 49.51 | 3,899 | 50.49 | 3,976 | 7,875 |
| Josephine | 47.36 | 18,627 | 52.64 | 20,704 | 39,331 |
| Klamath | 46.49 | 12,908 | 53.51 | 14,856 | 27,764 |
| Lake | 43.80 | 1,518 | 56.20 | 1,948 | 3,466 |
| Lane | 60.35 | 102,750 | 39.65 | 67,504 | 170,254 |
| Lincoln | 55.46 | 12,523 | 44.54 | 10,058 | 22,581 |
| Linn | 47.05 | 22,976 | 52.95 | 25,858 | 48,834 |
| Malheur | 42.75 | 4,222 | 57.25 | 5,655 | 9,877 |
| Marion | 52.82 | 60,894 | 47.18 | 54,402 | 115,296 |
| Morrow | 52.49 | 2,045 | 47.51 | 1,851 | 3,896 |
| Multnomah | 68.26 | 228,199 | 31.74 | 106,114 | 334,313 |
| Polk | 52.68 | 17,739 | 47.32 | 15,935 | 33,674 |
| Sherman | 48.71 | 471 | 51.29 | 496 | 967 |
| Tillamook | 52.38 | 6,606 | 47.62 | 6,006 | 12,612 |
| Umatilla | 51.88 | 12,461 | 48.12 | 11,560 | 24,021 |
| Union | 50.17 | 5,943 | 49.83 | 5,902 | 11,845 |
| Wallowa | 48.46 | 1,995 | 51.54 | 2,122 | 4,117 |
| Wasco | 54.85 | 5,860 | 45.15 | 4,824 | 10,684 |
| Washington | 55.95 | 120,957 | 44.05 | 95,240 | 216,197 |
| Wheeler | 43.38 | 334 | 56.62 | 436 | 770 |
| Yamhill | 52.51 | 21,525 | 47.49 | 19,471 | 40,996 |
- ^ Bradbury, Bill (4 November 2008). "Official Results – November 4, 2008 General Election" (Website). Elections Division. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved December 24, 2008.
- ^ Official ballot title and status of this initiative