1.0 link 119831 <![CDATA[Affirmative Action Ban Likely To Be Stripped From Arizona Ballot, Opponents Say]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/19/affirmative-action-ban-li_n_119831.html On Monday, opponents of an Arizona ballot initiative that would bar public institutions from adopting affirmative action policies filed what observers believe will be a successful lawsuit to block the measure from reaching the ballot this fall.

They are accusing paid signature gatherers of submitting over 100,000 fraudulent or suspicious signatures to Arizona's secretary of state in order to meet hurdles for qualifying the citizen-sponsored initiative -- one of several such state-by-state efforts promoted across the country this year by...

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