Oregon 2018 ballot measures

Elections in Oregon, 2018

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Six statewide measures were certified to appear on the Oregon ballot in 2018. One measure—Measure 101—was on the ballot for a special election on Jan. 23, 2018. It was approved. The other five were certified for the November 2018 ballot—four were defeated and one was approved.

HIGHLIGHTS

Measure 101, Oregon Healthcare Insurance Premiums Tax for Medicaid Referendum: The measure was put on the ballot through a veto referendum petition by opponents of a tax bill passed by the legislature to fund Medicaid expansion. A "yes" vote was in favor of the tax bill, and a "no" vote was against it. Sponsors of the petition that put the measure on the ballot advocated for a "no" vote. The measure was approved.

On the November 2018 ballot: One legislatively referred constitutional amendment, Measure 102 was approved. It allowed cities and counties to use bonds to fund privately owned affordable housing.

Four citizen-initiated measures were on the ballot and were all defeated. The measures would have (1) banned taxes on groceries, (2) prohibited public funds from being spent on abortions, (3) repealed the state's sanctuary law, and (4) redefined raising revenue.

On the ballot

See also: 2018 ballot measures

January 23, 2018:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Outcome
VR	Measure 101	Taxes	Approves tax on certain insurance premiums for Medicaid funding	a

November 6, 2018:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Measure 102	Housing	Removes restriction that affordable housing projects funded by city and county bonds must be government owned	a
CICA	Measure 103	Taxes	Bans taxes on groceries	d
CICA	Measure 104	Budget	Defines raising revenue for the three-fifths vote requirement for bills raising revenue	d
CISS	Measure 105	Immigration	Repeals law forbidding state resources from being used to apprehend persons violating federal immigration laws	d
CICA	Measure 106	Abortion	Prohibits public funds from being spent on abortions	d

Getting measures on the ballot

Citizens of Oregon have the powers of initiated state statute, initiated constitutional amendment, and veto referendum. The Oregon State Legislature may also place measures on the ballot as legislatively referred constitutional amendments or legislatively referred state statutes with a majority vote of each chamber.

Oregon is one of several states that require a certain number of signatures to accompany prospective petition filings. The signatures of at least 1,000 electors are required. The number of signatures required to qualify an initiated state statute, constitutional amendment, or veto referendum measure for the ballot in Oregon is tied to the number of votes cast for the office of governor in the state's most recent gubernatorial election. Valid citizen signatures equaling eight (8) percent of these votes are needed for initiated constitutional amendments, six (6) percent for initiated state statutes, and four (4) percent for a veto referendum. In 2018, this amounted to 88,184 signatures for initiated statutes, 117,578 signatures for initiated constitutional amendments, and 58,789 signatures for veto referendums.

Signatures for Oregon initiatives must be submitted four months prior to the next regular general election. In 2018, this deadline was July 6, 2018. If signatures are submitted at least 165 days before an election and the petition is found insufficient, additional signatures can be submitted prior to the final deadline.

Summary of campaign contributions

See also: Ballot measure campaign finance, 2018

The combined total raised for and against Measure 101 was $2,755,120.12. Two committees were registered as advocating a "no" vote on the veto referendum: the Stop Healthcare Taxes petition committee, and the Stop Healthcare Taxes measure committee. Two measure committees were registered as advocating for a "yes" vote on the veto referendum: the Yes for Healthcare committee and the Protect Our Healthcare committee.

The following chart illustrates how much support and opposition committees had amassed in campaign contributions for each measure on the ballot:

Note: In some cases committees were registered to support or oppose multiple measures. Ballotpedia lists the total sum that all committees registered to support or oppose each measure have received in contributions. This means that the sum of all contributions in the chart below is higher than the total amount contributed.

November 6:

Ballot Measure:	Support contributions:	Opposition contributions:	Outcome:
Oregon Measure 105	$477,388.06	$12,048,521.34	d
Oregon Measure 102	$10,317,746.07	$0.00	a

January 23:

Ballot Measure:	Support contributions:	Opposition contributions:	Outcome:
Oregon Measure 101 (January)	$3,825,025.25	$404,271.99	a

Committees that supported and opposed Oregon 2018 ballot measures

Fifteen (15) committees had registered to support and/or oppose the five Oregon ballot measures appearing on the November 2018 ballot in Oregon. Many committees simultaneously supported and opposed multiple measures, which means it is impossible to distinguish between funds spent on a particular measure. Blank cells indicate that the committee had not taken a position on the corresponding measure.

Cost per required signature

See also: Ballot measure signature costs, 2018

The cost per required signatures (CPRS) is a comparison of the amount of money spent on the petition drive to the number of signatures the state requires for an initiative to make the ballot.

A total of $3.3 million was spent on the five successful initiative petition drives in 2018.

Ballot Measure:	Topic:	Petition company	Cost	Signatures	CPRS
Oregon Measure 105	Immigration		$65,000.00	88,184	$0.74
Oregon Measure 101 (January)	Taxes		$38,326.29	58,789	$0.65
Averages:	N/A	Ballot Access LLC	$654,524	N/A	$5.67

Historical facts

See also: History of Initiative & Referendum in Oregon and List of Oregon ballot measures

• A total of 177 measures appeared on statewide ballots in Oregon from 1995 to 2016.
• From 1995 to 2016, the number of measures on statewide ballots during even-numbered years ranged from seven to 32.
• Between 1995 and 2016, an average of 14 measures appeared on the ballot in Oregon during even-numbered election years.
• Between 1995 and 2016, about 48 percent (85 of 177) of the total number of measures that appeared on statewide ballots during even-numbered years were approved, and about 42 percent (92 of 177) were defeated.

Not on the ballot

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
VR	Individual Gun Access Prevention by Court Order Referendum (#302)	Firearms	Court protection orders to remove access to firearms
CISS	Secession Initiative (#9)	Constitution	Secession from the U.S.
CISS	Voter Approval of Local Taxes and Fees Initiative (#'s 10,11)	Direct Democracy	Voter approval of local laws increasing taxes and fees
CISS	Business Tax for Education Funding Initiative (#27)	Taxes	Business tax increase for education funds
CICA	Legislative Vote to Tax Corporations for Education Funding Initiative (#26)	Legislature	Simple majority vote of the legislature to tax corporations for education
CICA	Emergency Clause Vote Initiative (#4)	Legislature	Two-thirds legislative vote to pass emergency bill
CISS	Employee Scheduling Initiative (#'s 23, 24)	Labor	Creates laws governing employee scheduling
CICA	Three-Fifths Approval Requirement for Income Tax Increases Only Initiative (#38)	Healthcare	Restricts three-fifths approval requirement for tax increases by the legisalture to personal income tax
CICA	Repeal Three-Fifths Approval Requirement in Legislature for Tax Increases Initiative (#39)	State legislatures measures	Repeals the three-fifths approval requirement for tax increases passed by the legislature
LRCA	Impeachment of Elected State Executives Amendment	State Exec	Impeachment process against state executive officials
LRCA	HJR 203	Healthcare	Amends constitution to provide fundamental right to healthcare
CISS	Firearm Storage, Control, Transfer, and Reporting Initiative	Firearms	Provides laws and regulations related to the storage, transfer, and reporting of firearms
CISS	Ban on Certain Firearms and Magazines with More than a 10-Round Capacity Initiative (#43)	Firearms	Prohibits and requires surrender of certain firearms and ammunition magazines with a capacity for more than 10 bullets
CICA	Government Spending Limit and Excess Revenue for Unfunded Pension Liability Initiative (#36)	Budget	Creates a government spending limit and requires excess revenue for unfunded pension liabilities
CISS	Public Employee Union Membership (#34)	Labor and unions	Allows public employees to decide whether to join a union and specifies that nonunion employee salaries will be determined differently than union member salaries
CISS	Corporate Tax Disclosures Initiative (#25)	Business	Requires publicly-traded corporations to disclose their state taxes
CISS	Electronic Signature Gathering Initiative (#2)	Elections	Allows for digital signature gathering for initiatives and referendums
CICA	Proof of Citizenship to Vote Initiative (#5)	Suffrage	Requires proof of citizenship to register to vote
CICA	Right to Refuse Medical Procedures Initiative (#7)	Healthcare	Establishes a constitutional right to refuse medical procedures
CISS	Legislative Term Limits Initiative (#19)	Term Limits	Provides term limits of eight years of any 12-year period for state legislators
CISS	Public Employee Union Spending Reporting (#33)	Labor and unions	Requires public unions to report financial information
CISS	Repeal Sex Offender Registration Laws Initiative (#3)	Law enforcement	Repeals sex offender registration laws pertaining to those who have completed their criminal sentences
CISS	Private Voter Information Initiative (#8)	Elections	Requires written consent of the voter to have voter information released to the public or private third parties
CISS	Informed Consent of Parent to Vaccinate Minor Initiative (#13)	Healthcare	Requires healthcare providers to obtain consent from the parent of a minor to administer vaccination
CISS	Vaccine Safety Study Initiative (#14)	Healthcare	Mandates the Oregon Health Authority to conduct a study on vaccine safety
CICA	Public Education Available Without Distinction Initiative (#15)	Education	Provides that public education is open to all without distinction to race, color, creed, sex, national origin, medical disability, or vaccination status
CISS	Prohibit Discrimination on Basis of Vaccination Status Initiative (#16)	Healthcare	Prohibits the government, public education institutions, employers, and insurers from discriminating on the basis of vaccination status
CISS	Vaccine Consumer Protection Office Initiative (#17)	Healthcare	Creates a Vaccine Consumer Protection Office
CISS	Immunization of School Children Initiative (#18)	Education	Provides laws regarding the immunization of school children
CISS	Legislative Term Limits Initiative (#19)	Term Limits	Provides term limits of eight years of any 12-year period for state legislators
CISS	City Utility Fees Initiative (#20)	Utilities	Provides for amount that cities can charge utilities for using rights of way
CISS	Cigarette and Tobacco Tax Increase (#21)	Taxes	Increases cigarette tax and changes tobacco tax
CICA	Regulation of Political Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Initiative (#28)	Campaigns	Allows Oregon to regulate political contributions and expenditures in so far as consistent with U.S. Constitution
CICA	Right to Enforce Local Laws Initiative (#29)	Local Gov't	Provides constitutional right to enforcing certain local laws
CICA	Net Neutrality Initiative (#40)	Internet regulations	Prohibits internet providers from providing varying speeds based on content or payment
CISS	First-in-the-West Presidential Primary Initiative (#45)	Elections and campaigns	Makes Oregon the second state in the nation to vote in the presidential primary election, and the first state in the West

See also

• 2018 ballot measures
• List of Oregon ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Oregon
• Laws governing the initiative process in Oregon

External links

• Oregon Initiative, Referendum and Referral Search