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Oregon – There were five ballot measures placed before Oregonians in the November 2024 election. As of noon on November 6th the Secretary of State’s website reports that 56.88% (1,745,184) of the states 3,068,136 voters had a ballot that had been submitted and counted. Information on the number of outstanding ballots was not gathered for this article. As it stand two of the five measures appear to have likely passed and three have likely failed.
Measures 115 and 119 are the two that are likely to have been passed by voters based on current results. Measure 115 “Authorizes impeachment of statewide elected officials by Oregon Legislature with two-thirds vote by each House; establishes process” while Measure 119 makes it so “Cannabis retailers/processors must remain neutral regarding communications to their employees from labor organizations; penalties.” Measure 115 currently shows a 25% gap between ‘Yes’ votes and ‘No’ votes which makes it very unlikely that this measure will not pass. The gap for Measure 119 is smaller at 9% – 10% but as of now there are no indicators that this trend in results would radically flip.
Measure 116 that aimed to establish a commission for determining salaries for some public officials including legislators, Measure 117 which would have taken rank choice voting statewide for some races, and Measure 118 that sought to institute a tax to distribute payments to eligible persons are all likely to have failed. The current results show a 7% gap for 116 which could be difficult but not impossible to close. However, 118 is nearly an 80 / 20 split against the measure and 117 is a 60 / 40 split against which are gaps that are not likely to be able to be closed by the remaining ballots.
There are many contests outside of the statewide ballot measures that are yet to be decided and which may flip as additional ballots are tallied and reported. It seems that Oregonians have been fairly clear though on their preferences regarding the ballot measures in this election.
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