Oregon Measure Nos. 306-307, Single Tax on Land Initiative (1920)
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| Topic Property and Taxes |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oregon Measure Nos. 306-307 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 2, 1920. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported amending the Oregon Constitution to implement a single tax on land value, exempting all other property from taxation from 1921 to 1925, and after 1925, replacing all taxes with a tax on the full rental value of land. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the Oregon Constitution to implement a single tax on land value, exempting all other property from taxation from 1921 to 1925, and after 1925, replacing all taxes with a tax on the full rental value of land. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure Nos. 306-307 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 37,283 | 20.18% | ||
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147,426 | 79.82% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure Nos. 306-307 was as follows:
| “ | Constitutional Amendment - Proposed by Initiative Petition Initiated by The Oregon Single Tax League, Harry A. Rice, President, 1640 Front Street, Portland, Oregon; Mrs. Christina H. Mock, Secretary, 151 Seventeenth street, Portland, Oregon. - SINGLE TAX CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT - Purpose: To assess all taxes necessary for the maintenance of state, county, municipal and district government, upon the value of land itself irrespective of the improvements in or on it and to exempt all other property and rights and privileges from taxation, from July 1, 1921, to July 1, 1925; and thereafter to take the full rental value of the land, irrespective of improvements, as taxes, and no other taxes of any kind to be levied, by amending section 1 of article IX of the Oregon constitution. --- Vote YES or NO. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
The number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment was equal to 8% of the total votes cast in the last Supreme Court justice election.
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Footnotes
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