Friday, August 22, 2008
Connerly Initiative Fails to Make Ballot in Arizona
The Arizona Secretary of State's office ruled Thursday that the Arizona Civil Rights Initiative does not have enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot. Over 100,000 were rejected for reasons such as missing or inaccurate information from signers, or signers who aren't registered voters in the state. The initiative, which is in the mold of several other initiatives nationwide that would in effect destroy affirmative action at the states' colleges and universities, collected over 330,000 signatures, nearly 100,000 above the necessary number. However, after the secretary of state deemed 40 percent invalid, lowering it below the threshold of about 240,000 signatures. ""We're not surprised," said Sinema in a statement from PAF. "We've highlighted time and again the illegal and deceptive signature-gathering tactics used by Connerly's organization and the Georgia National Ballot Access firm to force the initiative on Arizona and other states. PAF filed its own complaint to get the initiative kicked off the ballot, alleging it had found evidence that as many as 100,000 signatures could be invalid due to "deceptive practices" in gathering them.To read more click here.
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