Oregon voters also killed an initiative to re-criminalize marijuana possession.
In any case, the two initiatives are the first of their kind since 1986, when Oregon voters defeated a similar measure by a narrow vote.
Oregon voters amended the Constitution in 1914 to repeal the death penalty, with 50.04% of the vote.
Oregon voters did not pass a sales tax for education, he said, and cutbacks are expected.
This situation persisted until 1905 when Oregon voters voiced their collective opinion on the library's future.
Oregon voters were given three weeks to return their ballots by mail or deliver them to a local drop-off point.
Oregon voters have engaged in that debate, and their judgment about the right to die should not be subject to Federal interference.
Oregon voters will decide in November whether they want their state to be the first to legalize assisted suicide.
Oregon voters repealed it by a vote of 56 percent to 44 in November 1913.
In a referendum earlier this month, Oregon voters preserved the law.