Th Missouri Civil Rights Initiative, the anti-affirmative action ballot initiative being circulated by a California businessman, is off the November ballot. All petitions were due at the Secretary of State at 5 pm yesterday, and the MoCri signatures failed to materialize. Says an ACORN organizer:
Missouri is a state that believes in fairness and equality,” said Jeff Ordower, Missouri ACORN Head Organizer, “Once our voter educators got the word out, people learned quickly that this initiative was bad for everyone.
He will propose the same in other states and will eventually, sooner than later, return to MO for another round.
I want to give a shout-out to Aaron Burnett from St. Louis Jobs with Justice. He was working non-stop on this and I’m so happy that it’s not on the ballot!! Thanks Aaron, and everyone else in the coalition!!!
This is really an unprecedented victory. Initiatives are relatively easy to get on the ballot in Missouri, and I was initially very skeptical that we would be able to counteract this campaign. This speaks very highly of liberal institutions in Missouri that they were able to so effectively organize against this campaign.