The initiative will be on the November ballot as Amendment 46.

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SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFIES THE COLORADO CIVIL RIGHTS INITIATIVE FOR NOVEMBER BALLOT
"Vote YES on amendment 46 to end race and gender preferences"

Denver, CO. – Today the Colorado Civil Rights Initiative received notice that the Secretary of State has determined that the Colorado Civil Rights Initiative has submitted enough signatures to gain access to the November ballot.

"I am delighted that the people of Colorado will have a chance to vote Yes for fairness and equality in November," said Valery Pech Orr, co-proponent of the initiative. Linda Chavez, also a proponent of the Initiative continued, "The people of Colorado will finally have the opportunity to say no to discrimination, ending the decades-long double standard that has been fostered by race- and gender-based preferences."

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Colorado Civil Rights Initiative Submits over 128,000 Signatures Placing Amendment on Ballot

“Voters will have an opportunity to end race and gender preferences”

Denver, CO. Today, Valery Pech Orr, Jessica Peck Corry, and other Colorado voters who support the Colorado Civil Rights Initiative were joined by Ward Connerly, nationally recognized advocate for equal rights, to announce the submission of 128,744 signatures to the Colorado Secretary of State.

The Colorado Civil Rights Initiative is a state constitutional amendment that will appear on the November 2008 ballot. A “Yes” vote on this initiative will ban all preferences based on race, gender, national origin, color, and ethnicity in state hiring, state contracting, and state education.

“I’m honored and delighted that Ward Connerly is joining us for this momentous occasion,” said Valery Pech Orr, CoCRI Proponent. “Ward’s support and guidance have been instrumental in CoCRI’s gathering this overwhelming number of signatures to put this important issue on the ballot.”

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Colorado Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Colorado Civil Rights Initiative

"Colorado is one step closer to ending state-sponsored discrimination through race preferences"

DENVER, Sept. 14 -- The Colorado Supreme Court upheld the Title Board decision and agreed that the Colorado Civil Rights Initiative language met all necessary requirements. With this ruling the people of Colorado will have the opportunity to petition the government and ultimately vote to end state-sponsored discrimination through race and gender preferences in the operation of public employment, public contracting, and public education.

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The CoCRI has been approved by the title board. However, just after the title board declared that the language of the amendment met all requirements set forth in the Colorado Constitution, opponents filed suit to try to block the people from having a chance to vote on this important issue. This move by our opponents was predictable, after all they believe the only chance they have to defeat the Initiative is to stop it from getting on the ballot. Shanta Driver, from By Any Means Necessarym, who is leading the opposition recently said, “We’ve got to stop these ballot petitions before they get on the ballot.” (CNS News Aug. 20, 2007 – Quota Backers Thwart Racial Progress…) We fully expect the Supreme Court to uphold the Title Board’s decision and allow the people to continue pursuing this ballot initiative.

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Colorado Civil Rights Initiative Coming to 2008 Ballot

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Monday April 23, 2007

Plans for Anti-Preferences Campaign Announced

Denver Colorado - The Colorado Civil Rights Initiative is moving forward with plans for a November, 2008 ballot measure banning government-sponsored race and gender preferences in the state. The Colorado Civil Rights Initiative will be part of a 'Super Tuesday for Equal Rights' campaign that will offer citizens of several states the chance to end such practices in public employment, public education and public contracting. Similar measures have already passed in three other states, all by overwhelming margins.

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