[quote style=”2″]Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Driver Card Measure[/quote]
Oregonians voted to make the state the third in the nation to legalize recreational use of marijuana on Tuesday.
While Umatilla County voters overwhelmingly voted against the measure, it passed statewide, 54.84 percent to 45.16 percent. Locally, voters said a resounding “no,” with 62.88 percent opposing the measure, with 37.12 percent favoring it.
The measure, which will not take effect until July 1, 2015, allows adults 21 and older to possess 1 ounce in public and up to 8 ounces at home, as well as a variety of other marijuana-infused products.
Another high-profile ballot measure didn’t fare as well. Measure 88, which would have provided driver cards to individuals without requiring proof of legal presence in the United States, was rejected by 67.35 percent of Oregon voters. In Umatilla County, 80.18 percent of voters rejected the measure.
Ballot Measure 86 was rejected by 58.61 percent of Oregonians. The measure would have created a fund for Oregonians pursuing post-secondary education, and would have authorized state indebtedness to finance the fund. Umatilla County voters rejected it, 71.2 percent to 28. 8 percent.
Statewide voters passed Measure 87 (56.8 percent to 43.2 percent), which allows employment of state judges by the National Guard and state public universities. Umatilla County voters said no – 52.47 against with 47.53 in favor.
Measure 89 passed with 63.25 percent of the vote. The Equal Rights Amendment measure also passed in Umatilla County, 50.24 percent to 49.76 percent.
Measure 90, which would have Changed general election nomination processes by providing for a single primary ballot listing candidates with the top two advancing, failed statewide, 63 percent to 27 percent. In Umatilla County, voters rejected it, as well, 72 percent against, with 28 percent in favor.
Voters narrowly defeated Measure 92, which would have required food manufacturers and retailers to label “genetically engineered” foods as such. It failed with 51 percent of voters rejecting it. Locally, 68 percent of Umatilla County voters said no.
For a complete wrap up of statewide elections results, visit the Oregon Secretary of State website.
