Oregon Constitution Assignment Part 2
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Oregon Bill of Rights
Use the most current Oregon Constitution https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/state-constitution.aspx
What section(s) of the Oregon Constitution deals with freedom of religion/freedom from religion? *
How is the protection of religious freedom different in the Oregon Constitution than the US Bill of Rights? *
What section the Oregon Constitution deals with search and seizure protection? *
How does the Oregon Constitution protect against government search and seizure differently than US Constitution (if so)? *
What section of the Oregon Constitution deals with freedom of expression (speech and press)? *
How does the Oregon Constitution differ from the US Bill of Rights in protecting expression? *
How has the Oregon Constitution's protection of expression led to the highest number of strip clubs per capita in the country? *
Initiative Scavenger Hunt
Please look through the History of Initiatives in Oregon (https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Documents/elections/initiative.pdf) and find answers to the following questions.  Other sites that may help are the history of Oregon Initiatives in Ballotpedia (http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/History_of_Initiative_%26_Referendum_in_Oregon) the Oregon page of Ballotpedia (http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Oregon) and Wikipedia.
How many times was a there an initiative trying to ban the sale of alcohol in some way? (look for the word “prohibition”)
When did women get the right to vote in Oregon?  How many times had they tried by initiative to change that law?
In what year did Oregon establish the first presidential primary in the nation by initiative?
How many years before the 17th Amendment in 1913 making Senators popularly elected in the US did Oregon make that change?
Labor unions helped pass measures that helped workers out in 1912 – what were they?
In what year was there a failing measure to ban cigarettes?
In 1938 there was Measure 10 that attempted to clean up Willamette River which was heavily polluted by pulp and paper mills and sewage – what was the vote?
Votes for “Negroes and Mullatoes” failed in 1916 by what margin? And passed in what year?
In what year did a measure pass requiring medical tests for a marriage license?
What was the vote count on the measure to get rid on the statewide ban on “Free Negroes and Mullatoes” (Article I Section 35 of original Constitution) in 1926?
In what year did the voters pass a measure on daylight savings?
How many times has a measure tried (and failed) to create a sales tax in Oregon?
In 1992, 1994 and 2000 Oregon Citizens Alliance put initiatives on the ballot that were seen as anti-gay rights.  What number Measures were they and what did they try to do?
What was the number of the measure in 1994 that required mandatory minimum sentences for certain violent crimes?
What was the title of Measure 5 in 1990 that drastically cut property taxes revenue to school?
How many measures have dealt with laws about abortion?
In 1994 Oregon voters passed a measure that was challenged by the Federal Government as illegal (but Oregon won in the Supreme Court).  What was the Measure and what did it do?
In what year did a measure make it so that voters in Oregon ONLY vote by mail?  (which is different from all other states)
What was the number of the measure and year that passed Medical Marijuana in Oregon?
In what year did the voters ban gay marriage?
A few  years ago the voters overturned the "Double Majority" requirement for raising taxes in certain elections with Measure 56.  What year was double majority passed?
Most recent initiative elections
Look at the Ballotopedia page for 2012 (http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Oregon_2012_ballot_measures), 2014 (http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Oregon_2014_ballot_measures),  2016 (https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_2016_ballot_measures) and 2018 (https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_2018_ballot_measures).
How many measures did the LEGISLATURE refer in 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018? (Because they are wimps - total for all years) *
How many VOTER initiatives were on the ballot in 2012, 2014, and 2016? *
How many to make a law?  How many to change the Constitution?
How many total ballot measures passed in 2012, 2014, and 2016?   *
How did Measure 91 in 2014 differ from Measure 80 in 2012?   *
What was the different vote result?
How many measures were PROPOSED by voters for the 2018 ballot (not by the legislature)?   *
What were some of the more interesting ones that failed to get enough signatures?
What is the most interesting ballot measure on the November 2018 ballot and why?   *
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