Oregon Measure 4, Prosecution by Information or Indictment Amendment (1960)

Oregon Measure 4
Election date November 8, 1960
Topic Civil and criminal trials
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Oregon Measure 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 8, 1960. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported permitting district attorneys to commence criminal prosecutions by filing written charges, or “informations,” or by grand jury indictment.

A "no" vote opposed permitting district attorneys to commence criminal prosecutions by filing written charges, or “informations,” or by grand jury indictment.

Election results

Oregon Measure 4
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		306,190	47.37%
No		340,197	52.63%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Measure 4 was as follows:

“

PERMITTING PROSECUTION BY INFORMATION OR INDICTMENT - Purpose: To amend Constitution to permit district attorney to commence criminal prosecutions by filing written charges (called an “information”) or by grand jury indictment as now provided.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Oregon Constitution

A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Oregon State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 31 votes in the Oregon House of Representatives and 16 votes in the Oregon State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1960 Measures

• 1960 Measures
• Civil and criminal trials on the ballot
• 1960 legislative sessions

Oregon

• Oregon ballot measures
• Oregon ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Oregon Voter Guide (1960)