voters understood the lifetime ban such initiatives imposed. Lehman v. Bradbury On January 11, 2002, upholding a decision by Oregon Circuit Court Judge Richard D. Barber, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled that enactment of Measure 3 had violated Article XVII, section 1, of the Oregon Constitution which prohibits multiple constitutional amendments combined in a single measure. Again, the court refrained from addressing the broader issue of term limits themselves, confining itself to the matter of their having been enacted in violation of the "separate vote" provision of Oregon's constitution. Attempts to restore term limits Measure 48 in 1996 sought to instruct the Oregon Legislative Assembly to enact term limits for Congress, but the measure lost with 48% of the vote. 31.4% of the 113,000 signatures collected on a 2002 petition to restore Measure 3's term limits were ruled invalid, so the drive failed to meet the requirement of 89,048 valid signatures to appear on that year's general election ballot. In 2006, a similar initiative, Oregon Ballot Measure 45 (2006) was defeated 555,016 to 788,895. Measure 45 was placed on Oregon's 2006 general election ballot by initiative petition. It would have added a section to the Oregon Constitution prohibiting any person from serving more than six years in the Oregon House of Representatives, eight years in the Oregon State Senate, or a total of more than 14 years in the Oregon Legislative Assembly, and included language granting standing to individuals and nonprofit entities in any lawsuit arising from enforcement of its provisions. In 2002, the Oregon Supreme Court struck down on procedural grounds similar term limits which had been enacted by passage of Oregon Ballot Measure 3 (1992) by a more than 2-to-1 margin. Voters in 2006, however, rejected this initiative by 555,016 to 788,895. Measure 45 supporters and opponents Nearly all of the $1.25 million raised in support of Measure 45 came from the Illinois-based organization U.S. Term Limits. The $85,000 raised to oppose it came from Oregon-based lobbyists and labor groups. See also Term limits Term limits in the United States U.S. Term Limits List of Oregon ballot measures References External links Article II: Suffrage and Elections, Oregon State Constitution (2004 ed.) Article XVII: Amendments and Revisions, Oregon State Constitution (2004 ed.) Now defunct Oregon Term Limits '06 campaign website on Internet Archive No on 45 campaign website Amendments to the Constitution of Oregon Oregon