View source for 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 50

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{{Infobox referendum
|name = Measure 50
|title =Amends Constitution: Dedicates funds to provide health care for children, fund tobacco prevention, through increased tobacco tax.
|country=Oregon
|yes = 472,063
|no = 686,470
|invalid =4,677
|turnoutpct = 60.02
|map=Oregon 2007 Measure 50.svg
|mapcaption=<!--
{{legend|pink|No by more than 60%}}
{{legend|red|No by more than 65%}}
{{legend|darkred|No by more than 70%}}
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|mapdivision=county
|notes=Source: [[Oregon Secretary of State]]<ref name="official results">{{cite web
  | last = Bradbury
  | first = Bill
  | authorlink = Bill Bradbury
  | title = Official Results – November 6, 2007 Special Election
  | work = Elections Division
  | publisher = [[Oregon Secretary of State]]
  | date = November 6, 2007
  | url = http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873595
  | format = Website
  | accessdate =December 27, 2008}}</ref>}}
'''Ballot Measure 50''' was a [[legislatively referred state statute]] [[Initiatives and referendums in the United States|ballot measure]] for the [[2007 Oregon's statewide elections|November 6, 2007 special election ballot]] in the state of [[Oregon]]. This measure would have increased the tobacco tax and dedicated the new revenue to providing health care for children, low-income adults and other medically underserved Oregonians, and to fund tobacco prevention and education programs. The proposal would have increased the tax on cigarettes by 84.5 cents per pack, and increased the tax on other tobacco products.<ref name="online guide">{{cite web
  | last = Bradbury
  | first = Bill
  | authorlink = Bill Bradbury
  | title =  Measure 50
  | work = Voters' Pamphlet for November 6, 2007 Special Election
  | publisher = [[Oregon Secretary of State]]
  | date = November 6, 2007
  | url = http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873597
  | format = Website
  | accessdate =December 27, 2008}}</ref>

The purpose of the fund would have been to finance the [[Healthy Kids Program]] created by the 2007 legislature to provide affordable health care for uninsured children. The measure would have funded tobacco prevention programs, safety net clinics, rural health care and health care for Oregon’s lowest income families and individuals through the [[Oregon Health Plan]]. The campaigns for and against the measure spent the most money ever on a ballot measure election in the state's history.<ref name="few">{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/04/only_a_few_ballot_initiatives.html|title=Only a few ballot initiatives look to qualify for Oregon ballot this November|last=Mapes|first=Jeff |date=April 3, 2010|work=[[The Oregonian]]|accessdate=April 4, 2010}}</ref> Because the measure did not pass, these health care programs were not expanded, and the Healthy Kids Program did not become law.<ref name="online guide"/>

== See also ==
* [[Blanket primary]]
* [[2007 Oregon's statewide elections]]
* [[List of Oregon ballot measures]]

== Notes ==
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== External links ==
* [http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873597 Voters' Pamphlet] from the [[Oregon Secretary of State]]

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[[Category:2007 Oregon ballot measures]]
[[Category:Tobacco taxation]]
[[Category:Smoking in the United States]]
[[Category:Rejected amendments to the Constitution of Oregon]]
[[Category:Healthcare reform in Oregon]]
[[Category:Health in Oregon]]


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