Ballot Measure 5 was a landmark piece of direct legislation in the U.S. state of Oregon in 1990. Measure 5, an amendment to the Oregon Constitution (Article XI, Section 11), established limits on Oregon's property taxes on real estate. Its primary champion and spokesman was Don McIntire,[1] a politically-active Gresham health club owner who would go on to lead the Taxpayers Association of Oregon.
Property taxes dedicated for school funding were capped at $15 per $1,000 of real market value per year and gradually lowered to $5 per $1,000 per year. Property taxes for other purposes were capped at $10 per $1,000 per year. Thus, the total property tax rate would be 1.5% at the end of the five-year phase in period.[2] The measure transferred the responsibility for school funding from local government to the state, to equalize funding.
The measure was passed in the November 6, 1990 general election with 574,833 votes in favor, 522,022 votes against. It was one of the most contentious measures in Oregon election history.
Results by county:
County
Yes
Votes
No
Votes
Total
Baker
40.00
2,358
60.00
3,537
5,895
Benton
41.82
12,180
58.18
16,946
29,126
Clackamas
58.90
68,976
41.10
48,122
117,098
Clatsop
50.27
6,380
49.73
6,311
12,691
Columbia
50.99
7,775
49.01
7,473
15,248
Coos
47.80
10,636
52.20
11,616
22,252
Crook
44.69
2,341
55.31
2,897
5,238
Curry
47.05
3,691
52.95
4,154
7,845
Deschutes
49.09
14,222
50.91
14,750
28,972
Douglas
47.11
15,946
52.89
17,903
33,849
Gilliam
41.55
354
58.45
498
852
Grant
37.90
1,183
62.10
1,938
3,121
Harney
40.65
1,171
59.35
1,710
2,881
Hood River
54.33
3,268
45.67
2,747
6,015
Jackson
51.09
28,164
48.91
26,959
55,123
Jefferson
44.93
1,927
55.07
2,362
4,289
Josephine
46.39
10,900
53.61
12,595
23,495
Klamath
44.78
8,969
55.22
11,062
20,031
Lake
40.54
1,236
59.46
1,813
3,049
Lane
47.52
51,441
52.48
56,809
108,250
Lincoln
53.27
8,493
46.73
7,449
15,942
Linn
53.69
18,143
46.31
15,648
33,791
Malheur
46.02
3,709
53.98
4,351
8,060
Marion
55.47
46,590
44.53
37,398
83,988
Morrow
32.63
852
67.37
1,718
2,550
Multnomah
55.08
130,020
44.92
106,041
236,061
Polk
52.07
10,479
47.93
9,646
20,125
Sherman
33.40
343
66.60
684
1,027
Tillamook
51.77
4,846
48.23
4,514
9,360
Umatilla
43.28
6,938
56.72
9,094
16,032
Union
44.33
3,908
55.67
4,908
8,816
Wallowa
38.92
1,257
61.08
1,973
3,230
Wasco
61.18
5,385
38.82
3,417
8,802
Washington
56.57
67,756
43.43
52,014
119,770
Wheeler
37.58
242
62.42
402
644
Yamhill
54.74
12,774
45.26
10,563
23,337
^"Don McIntire, activist who led property tax revolt, dies at 74". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon: Oregonian Media Group. October 12, 2012.
^Sokolow, Alvin, D. (Winter 1998). "The Changing Property Tax and State-Local Relations: The State of American Federalism, 1997-1998". Publius. 28 (1). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press: 165–187. doi:10.2307/3331014. JSTOR 3331014.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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