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Summary: Repealed
Election Date: November 3, 1964
Votes For Ratification: 455654
Votes Against Ratification: 302105
Percent for Ratification: 60%
Percent Against Ratification: 40%
Notes:
Amendment Source: OR 1964 VIP 1
Effective Date Source:
The penalty for murder in the first degree shall be death, except when the trial jury shall in its verdict recommend life imprisonment, in which case the penalty shall be life imprisonment.
Summary: Restoring capital punishment
Election Date: May 21, 1920
Votes For Ratification: 81756
Votes Against Ratification: 64589
Percent for Ratification: 56%
Percent Against Ratification: 44%
Amendment Source: OR 1920 VIP A1 S36 38
