Ballot measures for 2012

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SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Come next year, Oregon voters could be deciding whether to legalize marijuana or limit the ability of public-employee unions to collect political contributions. Those are just two of the nearly two-dozen ideas proposed so far for the 2012 ballot. Citizen groups are collecting the signatures necessary to bring the ideas before Oregon voters.So far, none of the proposals has turned in enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, but proponents have plenty of time. The deadline is July 6.One proposed initiative would prohibit transfer taxes on real estate. Another would eliminate inheritance and estate taxes. There's an attempt to reverse a voter-approved ban on using hounds to hunt cougars, and an attempt to create an independent redistricting commission to draw new legislative and congressional districts every 10 years.

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