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Another provision of the measure enacted Oregon's so-called on an even numbered year. (These are Presidential Elections and Midterm Elections .) The measure was sponsored by Bill Sizemore and his Oregon Taxpayers United anti-tax group, as part of the Oregon Tax Revolt . Proponents were upset by rising property tax rates, much of which was brought by increasing housing prices in the Portland area. Proponents also wanted to put an end to the perceived practice of placing local levies up for a vote when turnout would be low. Opponents feared that slices in taxes would cause cuts to schools, further than those they blamed on Measure 5 . Furthermore, they opposed the double-majority rule, arguing it gave lazy people more political power than those willing to vote. There was some confusion as to the actual effect of Measure 47. Petitioners claimed that Measure 47 would cap the actual assessment of properties--that is, the value of the property as determined by the county--to prevent taxes from being raised more than 3 % annually. Others claimed that Measure 47 did not prevent such an action. To head this off, Sizemore placed an argument in the voter's pamphlet to clarify voter intent. Nonetheless, legislators sent Measure 50 to voters the next year to clarify that the cap was on the assessed value of the property as well. EXTERNAL LINK
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