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To: x
Try 1926.

No, 2002 is correct. Look up proposition 14 on the Oregon ballot from the election a few weeks ago. The thing hadn't been enforced in a long time, but part of it excluding blacks from property ownership was still in the state constitution. They just repealed it November 5.

640 posted on 11/16/2002 2:50:02 PM PST by GOPcapitalist
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To: GOPcapitalist
Look up proposition 14 on the Oregon ballot from the election a few weeks ago.

It's explained here. The clause was repealed in the 1920s. The recent measure was just intended to remove the remaining "racial language" from the state constitution.

642 posted on 11/16/2002 5:03:59 PM PST by x
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