Inside Oregon and California's ballot measures

OREGON & CALIFORNIA -- Voters will decide the fate of several ballot measures on Nov. 5, and NewsWatch 12 has all of the information and resources you need right here.

Below is an in-depth look at five statewide measures on the ballot in Oregon, followed by countywide measures across the NewsWatch 12 viewing area. Below that is all of the information on California's statewide measures, followed by Siskiyou County's.

OREGON

Measure 115: Impeach public officials

This measure would allow the Oregon legislature to impeach statewide elected officials with a two-thirds vote from each house. Currently, the statewide officials -- which include the governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general and commissioner of the bureau of labor and industries -- can only be removed with a recall election.

"The measure permits the House to impeach for malfeasance, corrupt conduct in office, willful neglect of constitutional duty or other felony or high crime," the voter's pamphlet said.

If the measure passes, it would amend the state constitution and give Oregon House of Representatives the power to send an impeachment resolution to the Senate if it gets a two-thirds vote. The Oregon Senate would then be required to hold an impeachment trial, with a two-thirds vote from the Senate required to convict the official.

"The Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court would preside over an impeachment trial," the voter's pamphlet said. "A convicted official is removed from office and disqualified from other public office."

Measure 116: Establish commission to determine officials' salaries

Measure 116 would revise the Oregon Constitution and create an "Independent Public Service Compensation Commission." This means that this commission would set the salaries for certain officials. Currently, officials' salaries are determined through legislation.

"Under current law, the salaries paid by the state to many public officials are set by statute and can be changed only through legislation," the voter's pamphlet said. "This measure authorizes establishment of a body named the Independent Public Service Compensation Commission to determine salaries paid by the state to the Governor, the Secretary of State, the State Treasurer, the Attorney General, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, judges of the Supreme Court, judges of other courts under the administration of the judicial branch of state government, state Senators, state Representatives and district attorneys."

These officials would not be in charge of this commission in any way, the voter's pamphlet said, and the commission's actions would not be renewed or modified by any official. Officers and employees of the state, lobbyists and immediate family members of officers, employees and lobbyists will not be allowed to be on the commission.

Funds for this commission will automatically be taken from the general fund, the voter's pamphlet said.