2008 Oregon Ballot Measure 62

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Measure 62
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Allocates 15% Of Lottery Proceeds To Public Safety Fund For Crime Prevention, Investigation, Prosecution.
Results
Choice
Votes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes674,42839.44%
Light brown x.svg No1,035,75660.56%
Total votes1,710,184100.00%
Registered voters/turnout85.7%

Oregon 2008 Measure 62.svg
Results by county

Yes

  50%-60%

No

  50%-60%
  60%-70%
  70%-80%
Source: Oregon Secretary of State [1]

Oregon Ballot Measure 62 (2008) (formerly IRR 41) appeared on the November 4, 2008 general election ballot in Oregon. It was an initiated constitutional amendment dealing with the issue of where a percentage of profit from the Oregon State Lottery should go. The initiative, if it had passed, would have required that 15% of net lottery proceeds be deposited in a public safety fund. 50% of that fund would have been distributed to counties to fund grants for childhood programs, district attorney operations, and sheriff's investigations. The other 50% of the fund would have gone to Oregon State Police criminal investigations and forensic operations. [2] [3] It is expected that most of that money would have been diverted from schools. It was rejected with around 60% of the votes statewide; every county except for Josephine saw majority rejection.

Contents

Background

The official ballot title is: Allocates 15% Of Lottery Proceeds To Public Safety Fund For Crime Prevention, Investigation, Prosecution

Measure 62 has become unofficially known as the "Oregon C.S.I. Measure". [4]

Specific provisions

Where the money would go:

Estimated fiscal impact

The state's Financial Estimate Committee prepares estimated fiscal impact statements for any ballot measures that will appear on the ballot. The estimate prepared by this committee for Measure 62 says:

Supporters

The measure was sponsored by chief petitioners Duane Fletchall, Steve Beck, and Kevin Mannix.

Arguments in favor of Measure 62

Notable arguments made in favor of Measure 62 included:

Opponents

Defend Oregon opposed Measure 62.

Arguments against Measure 62

Notable arguments made against Measure 62 include:

Donors opposing Measure 62

Defend Oregon, as a committee, fought seven different ballot measures, and supported two others. As a result, it is not possible to discern how much of its campaign money was going specifically to defeat Measure 61. Altogether, the group raised over $6 million in 2008. [9]

Major donations to the Defend Oregon group as of October 8 included: [10]

Newspaper endorsements

Here is how Oregon's major newspapers endorsed on the measure.

NewspapersYesNo
The OregonianNo
Medford Mail-TribuneNo
Statesman JournalYes
Bend BulletinNo
Portland TribuneNo
Eugene Register-GuardNo
Daily AstorianNo
East OregonianNo
Corvallis Gazette TimesNo
Coos Bay The WorldNo
Willamette WeekNo
Yamhill Valley News RegisterNo
Gresham OutlookNo

Notes

  1. Bradbury, Bill (4 November 2008). "Official Results – November 4, 2008 General Election" (Website). Elections Division. Oregon Secretary of State . Retrieved December 24, 2008.
  2. Initiative summary
  3. OregonLive.com: "Two more initiatives qualify for Ore. ballot", The Oregonian, July 21, 2008
  4. Oregon Public Broadcasting, "Ballot Measure 62: 'The Oregon: C.S.I. Measure'", September 29, 2008
  5. 1 2 Voters' Pamphlet includes Estimated fiscal impact statement for Oregon Measure 62
  6. "Register Guard, "Digging deeper into state ballot measures", August 7, 2008". Archived from the original on December 6, 2008. Retrieved December 25, 2008.
  7. "Oregon Public Broadcasting, "Measure 62: Lottery Funds", September 8, 2008". Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved December 25, 2008.
  8. "Basic Rights Oregon, "This Election Season Make Sure to Vote No on Measures 59, 62 and 64!"". Archived from the original on 2008-10-23. Retrieved 2008-12-25.
  9. Campaign finance history of Defend Oregon for 2008
  10. Record of donations to Defend Oregon
  11. Oregon Live, "Teachers, nurses add $2.5 million to campaigns", September 10, 2008
  12. The Oregonian, "OEA puts $4 million into ballot measure fight", October 8, 2008
  13. Oregonian, "School workers add $100,000 to campaign", August 25, 2008