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Since 1996, Ward Connerly has pushed ballot initiatives to ban racial preferences in California, Washington, and Michigan, where they were approved.(The Week)(Brief article)

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Since 1996, Ward Connerly has pushed ballot initiatives to ban racial preferences in California, Washington, and Michigan, where they were approved. This year, he set an ambitious goal for himself: five initiatives in five states. In the end, just two qualified for the ballot, and only the one in Nebraska passed. The vote in Colorado was close, and the opposition dramatically outspent Connerly and his local allies. It also ran a demagogic campaign--its website, for instance, equated opposition to ...

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