The voters of Oregon have left me with one puzzle tonight, relating to the campaign spending initiatives. Measure 46 would amend the constitution to allow the voters to adopt campaign spending initiatives. Measure 47 would adopt a complicated Rube Goldberg-like system of spending limits based on forcing contributors to register ("we register guns, don't we?"). Because Measure 47 violates the Oregon constitution as currently interpreted by the state supreme court, Measure 47 can take effect only if Measure 46 passes. It follows that a voter can logically be for 46 and 47, or for 46 but against 47 (as I am), meaning that the voter likes the idea of spending limits but doesn't think that 47 is a good way to go about it, or against 46 and 47. However, anyone who supports 47 should support 46, because 47 is useless without 46.
The secretary of state's current (12:35 a.m.) tally (if you click later, you'll see a different tally) shows Measure 46 failing with a 60% no vote, and Measure 47 passing with a 54% yes vote. So at least 14% of the voters voted for Measure 47 (the specific mechanism) but against Measure 46 (without which Measure 47 doesn't go into effect). I haven't thought of a logical reason why someone would vote for 47 and against 46. It would be interesting to look at the county-by-county results for these two measures to see where our educational system has failed us.
Penny Hero (dot) Net notices the same irrationality in the Oregon electorate, here.