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Article: After the Supreme Court approved the University of Michigan's color-coded admissions system last summer, Ward Connerly and other foes of racial preferences sprang into action.(The Week)(Brief Article)
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- April 19, 2004
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* After the Supreme Court approved the University of Michigan's color-coded admissions system last summer, Ward Connerly and other foes of racial preferences sprang into action. They organized the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, modeled on Connerly's previous successes in California and Washington. Supporters drafted ballot language, had it approved by Michigan's Board of Canvassers, and began collecting the approximately 317,000 signatures needed to put the measure before voters in November. Early polls suggested that the MCRI would pass. But on March 25, Ingham County circuit judge Paula Manderfield ordered the Board of Canvassers to yank its approval ...