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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.
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]
Where the money would go:
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:
The measure was sponsored by chief petitioners Duane Fletchall, Steve Beck, and Kevin Mannix.
Notable arguments made in favor of Measure 62 included:
Defend Oregon opposed Measure 62.
Notable arguments made against Measure 62 include:
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]
Here is how Oregon's major newspapers endorsed on the measure.
Newspapers | Yes | No |
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The Oregonian | No | |
Medford Mail-Tribune | No | |
Statesman Journal | Yes | |
Bend Bulletin | No | |
Portland Tribune | No | |
Eugene Register-Guard | No | |
Daily Astorian | No | |
East Oregonian | No | |
Corvallis Gazette Times | No | |
Coos Bay The World | No | |
Willamette Week | No | |
Yamhill Valley News Register | No | |
Gresham Outlook | No |