2012 Oregon Ballot Measure 80

Measure 80
Allows personal marijuana, hemp cultivation/use without license; commission to regulate commercial marijuana cultivation/sale.
Results
Choice
 Votes %
Yes 810,538 46.75%
No 923,071 53.25%
Valid votes 1,733,609 106.06%
Invalid or blank votes −99,033 −6.06%
Total votes 1,634,576 100.00%
Results by county
Source: Oregon State Elections Division[1]

Oregon Ballot Measure 80, also known as the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act, OCTA and Initiative-9, was an initiated state statute ballot measure on the November 6, 2012 general election ballot in Oregon. It would have allowed personal marijuana and hemp cultivation or use without a license and created a commission to regulate the sale of commercial marijuana.[2] The act would also have set aside two percent of profits from cannabis sales to promote industrial hemp, biodiesel, fiber, protein, and oil.[3]

Measure 80 was defeated 53.44%-46.56%.

  1. ^ Elections Division (November 2012). "Official Results, November 6, 2012 General Election". Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
  2. ^ "Oregon Cannabis Tax Act". Archived from the original on January 5, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  3. ^ Krough, David (April 7, 2010). "Legal Oregon pot could be on November ballot". KGW. Archived from the original on April 10, 2010. Retrieved April 11, 2010.