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.