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Prop 107 Election Night Contact Info
Representatives from the Yes on Proposition 107 campaign will be available for comment after the polls close at the Prop 107 Victory Party at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Phoenix at 122 N. 2nd Street.
Members of the media are welcome to call the Yes on 107 campaign at 602-845-0107.
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New Poll: Independents Support Prop. 107
Registered independents strongly support Proposition 107, the proposed constitutional ban on affirmative action, according to a new poll conducted October 28th – 29th. The state-wide poll of 556 likely-voting registered independents reveals that independents support Prop. 107 by a margin of 58% - 42%. The poll was conducted by Dynamic Interactive and commissioned by the Yes on 107 campaign.
Proposition 107 would amend the Arizona Constitution to ban race and gender based affirmative action in public hiring, contracting and public education.
Poll participants, all of whom are registered independents with active voting histories, were asked the following question:
“Proposition 107 would make it unconstitutional for the government to use “affirmative action” programs that grant preferential treatment based on race, skin color or sex in hiring, promotions, public contracting or college admissions. Do you plan on voting yes on 107 to end quotas, diversity goals, and set-aside programs or do you plan on voting no on 107 to keep affirmative action in place?”
Voters were then asked who they were supporting for Governor: Republican Jan Brewer or Democrat Terry Goddard. Brewer led Goddard with registered independents by a 53% - 47% margin. Eighty percent of independents polled who supported Brewer also support Prop. 107, and 33% of independents supporting Goddard support Prop. 107.
“Arizonans are a fair people,” said Rachel Alexander, Chair of the Yes on 107 campaign. “The principle of treating every citizen equally crosses all political party lines. Independent voters support 107 because they want to end government ‘affirmative action’ policies that divide citizens by race and treat us differently.”
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Opponents of Prop 107 now believe that admitted colorblind policies promote institutional racism!!
Listen to this clip from a No on 107 spokesperson (recorded at a press conference that they held on 10/27/2010) who first says that Prop 107 will continue institutionalized racism and then admits that Prop 107 is a colorblind policy. Even George Orwell couldn’t do enough mental gymnastics to follow this logic.
Vote YES on 107 to end “affirmative action” policies that give preference based on race or sex in college admissions, public contracting, and public employment. A Yes vote on 107 will promote the original ideal of the 1964 Civil Rights Act: Colorblind government.
Listen now! Press play below.
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Court Restrains Affirmative Action Activist for
Threatening Prop. 107 Supporter
October 15, 2010
Court issues restraining order against anti-Prop 107 spokesperson who threatens to assault Ward Connerly.
A Maricopa County Court official today issued a legal restraining order against the spokesperson of the group opposing Proposition 107 after he threatened to physically assault a pro-Prop 107 leader. Anti-Prop. 107 spokesperson Steve Russell was ordered to stay more than 100 feet away from anti-affirmative action leader Ward Connerly after Russell sent a message threatening to assault Connerly Thursday night.
Proposition 107 would ban race and gender based affirmative action in Arizona. Connerly is nationally known for opposing government race and gender preferences and was participating in a debate on Prop. 107 hosted by the Goldwater Institute in Phoenix. Russell is a spokesperson for ‘Protect Arizona’s Freedom’, the group supporting Arizona’s existing affirmative action programs and opposing Prop. 107. Russell was not part of the Goldwater debate.
Maricopa County Justice of the Peace Clancy Jayne issued today’s court order after Russell sent out a threatening electronic message late last night following the debate. Russell’s public message on his Twitter account stated that he “would not hesitate to punch connerly (sic) in the face if I saw him…”
At the taping of a televised Secretary of State Town Hall Meeting in September, Russell publicly accused Connerly, who is black, of being financially supported by the Ku Klux Klan during his official Prop. 107 opposition statement.
“Unfortunately, I must take violent threats seriously, especially when they are in the context of other inflammatory rhetoric, such as has been characteristic of Mr. Russell” Connerly stated. “A few affirmative action supporters are quite radical and I have been threatened before. Mr. Russell has attempted to incite hatred against me with his bizarre KKK smears, and now feels compelled to brag about his willingness to assault me physically. I don’t know how stable Steve Russell is. I call on the Mayor of Phoenix, Representative Kirsten Sinema and other high profile public officials who are opposing 107 to condemn Mr. Russell and disassociate themselves from his threats. I have been threatened before and have had a pellet gun fired at my office building because of my stance in favor of the principle of equal treatment for all. No one should be threatened with violence in our nation because of their views."
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You are Invited...
Ward Connerly to debate Democrat House Leader Rep. David Lujan on affirmative action!
Proposition 107 will be the subject of a debate this Thursday, Oct. 14, between nationally-known affirmative action opponent Ward Connerly and Arizona State House Minority Leader David Lujan (D-Phoenix), who supports race preference-based affirmative action. You are invited to attend this historic debate.
Voter passage of Prop. 107 on November 2nd would amend the Arizona Constitution to ban race and gender based affirmative action in public hiring, contracting and public education.
A three-member media panel will grill Connerly and Lujan during 90-minute debate hosted by the Goldwater Institute and moderated by Clint Bolick, Director of Constitutional Litagation at Goldwater. The media panel consists of Arizona Republic editorial writer Kathleen Ingley, KFYI talk show host Jim Sharpe, and senior reporter Mike Sunnucks from the Phoenix Business Journal.
The debate is from 5:30 to 7:00PM at the Goldwater Institute auditorium located at 500 E. Coronado Road in Phoenix. The event is free and open to both the media and members of the public.
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Yes on 107! Launches Radio Ad
The Yes on Proposition 107 campaign took to the airwaves today with a radio ad encouraging voters to support ballot proposition 107. Prop. 107 would eliminate affirmative action programs that contain preferential treatment based on race or gender in the areas of government contracts, public employment and public education.
The 60-second ad highlights the harmful effects that affirmative action quotas have on victims of government programs that treat citizens differently based on race. State Senator Russell Pearce (R - Mesa), who worked with state Representative Steve Montenegro (R- Litchfield Park) to place Prop. 107 on the ballot, is also featured in the ad. The ad is initially being aired on KFYI talk radio in Phoenix.
Below is the content of the Yes on 107 radio ad:
Female voice: “I don’t call it civil rights when my husband is shut out of a promotion because of an affirmative action quota.
I don’t call it civil rights when my son’s construction firm loses a government contract on account of his boss’s race.
And when my daughter’s good grades can’t get her into a school because she’s the wrong skin color, well that’s just plain discrimination.
Somewhere big government got affirmative action wrong. Somehow they’ve confused civil rights with quotas that favor one group over another.”
Senator Pearce: “Hello this is Senator Russell Pearce – no one applying for a job, contract or college admission should be rejected because they don’t fill a diversity quota. That’s why Representative Montenegro and I helped put 107 on your ballot.
A ‘Yes’ vote on 107 amends the constitution so everyone is judged on character and merit, not skin color or sex.
The government should not pick winners and losers based on race or sex. Everyone – and I mean everyone - deserves a fair and equal chance to compete for good paying jobs, contracts, and college admission. Vote Yes on 107.”
LISTEN NOW! Press Play below.
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VIDEO: Prop 107 on Affirmative Action Goes to Voters Nov. 2
PHOENIX - Should the state of Arizona get rid of its affirmative action programs? That's what the backers of Proposition 107 want, and it's turning into an intense and emotional battle which voters will decide on Election Day.
Proposition 107 calls for no more preferences for minorities and women in public employment, contracting, and education.
"We think it should be passed because we do not think the government should be able to pick winners and losers based on race and sex we think that people should be judged on their character their merit and their experiences, not their skin color or their sex," says Jennifer Gratz.
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YES on 107 Campaign Challenges U of A President to Sacrifice his Position for "Diversity"
University of Arizona President Robert Shelton stated in a recent interview with the Arizona Daily Star that he opposes Proposition 107, which would ban race and gender preferences in government, including in higher education. Mr. Shelton further stated that, if 107 is adopted by voters, he “will not back off one bit” from the university’s efforts to promote “diversity” and recruit more women and minorities.
The university’s diversity goals, which are posted on their website, include hiring specified percentages of women and minorities. These hiring quotas include goals for women to comprise 63% of new Assistant Director Administrators, 73% of Animal Technicians, and 56% of the Faculty in Fine Arts. Goals for minority hires include 53% of General Maintenance positions and 59% of Supervisors in Service/Maintenance. http://equity.arizona.edu/affirmative_action_goals
“President Shelton appears concerned that if Prop. 107 passes, the university won’t be able to put ‘diversity goals’ ahead of ‘most qualified’,” said Proposition 107 campaign chair, Rachel Alexander. “I bet there’s a woman or a ‘minority’ that meets the minimum qualifications to be president of the University. I challenge President Shelton to walk his own talk and step down for the sake of ‘diversity’. His $549,400 position could be given to an affirmative action applicant. Or perhaps he believes that discriminating quotas should only apply to other people, but not to him?”
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The Republican Women of Prescott, Arizona's largest woman's Republican club, today formally endorsed the YES on 107 campaign which would end affirmative action programs that give preference based on race or sex in 3 areas: public employment, public contracting, and public education.
Vote YES on 107!
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YES on 107! Launches Billboard Blitz
September 23. 2010
Arizona motorists are being greeted by a blitz of billboard advertising urging a ‘Yes’ vote on Proposition 107, which would end affirmative action programs that give preferences based on race.
“This highway billboard campaign is designed to make clear to voters what Proposition 107 is, in language that everyday Arizonans understand,” said Rachel Alexander, Chair of the Yes on 107 campaign. “A ‘yes’ vote on Prop. 107 will end affirmative action policies that people know as quotas, race preferences, reverse discrimination and ‘diversity goals’.”
Nine Phoenix-area billboards are carrying a Yes on 107 message. The billboards encourage voters to vote ‘yes’ on ending affirmative action quotas, ending race preferences, and ending reverse discrimination.
“More highway billboards will be lit up with the ‘Yes on 107’ message in the next few weeks,” stated Yes on 107 campaign manager Leon Drolet. “Given the large number of candidates and issues on the ballot, voters need a clear and simple explanation of Proposition 107. That it what this billboard campaign is about.”
Proposition 107 is a proposed state constitutional amendment placed on the November ballot by the Arizona State Legislature that will prohibit the state and local governments from granting preferential treatment to, or discriminating against, any person or group based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in public employment, education or contracting.
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YES on 107!
ELIMINATE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA’S AFFIRMATIVE ACTION QUOTAS
The University of Arizona lists on their website a description of their Affirmative Action hiring plan. This plan makes it clear that race and gender are the deciding factor in determining which qualified applicants the University will hire in 2010.
From the University of Arizona’s ‘Office of Institutional Equity’ web page:
“As part of the University of Arizona’s 2010 Affirmative Action Plan for Women and Minorities, the Office of Institutional Equity has established placement goals for the following job groups. In the 2009 Affirmative Action Plan Year, the University will make a good faith effort to fill vacancies in the following job groups at the rate indicated.”
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The Arizona Civil Rights Initiative, Proposition 107, is a state-wide constitutional amendment to ban "affirmative action" programs that give preference based on race or sex in public education, public contracting and public employment.
TEXT THAT WILL APPEAR ON THE BALLOT
Proposition 107 - proposed amendment to the constitution by the legislature relating to preferential treatment or discrimination prohibits
PROHIBITS THIS STATE FROM GRANTING PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO OR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ANY PERSON OR GROUP ON THE BASIS OF RACE, SEX, COLOR, ETHNICITY OR NATIONAL ORIGIN; EXEMPTS REASONABLY NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS BASED ON SEX, EXISTING COURT OF ORDERS AND ACTIONS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE LOSS OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
A "yes" vote shall have the effect of prohibiting the State from giving preferential treatment to or discriminating against any person or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. The prohibition applies to preferences or discrimination in public employment, education or contracting. It exempts reasonably necessary qualifications based on sex, existing court orders and actions that would result in the loss of federal funds. The State includes state government, local government, public colleges and universities, community colleges and school districts.
A "no" vote shall have the effect of retaining the current law regarding preferential treatment to or discrimination against any person or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in public employment, education or contracting.
ANALYSIS BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Proposition 107 would amend the Arizona Constitution to ban affirmative action programs that give preferential treatment to or discriminate against any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or public contracting. This proposition does not prohibit bona fide qualifications based on sex that are reasonably necessary to the normal operation of public employment, public education or public contracting. This proposition would not prohibit action necessary to prevent a loss of federal funding to the state and would not invalidate any existing court orders. The remedies for violations of this proposition would be the same as for violations of current antidiscrimination laws. This proposition applies to the state, counties, cities, towns, special districts and other political subdivisions of the state, including school districts, public universities and community college districts.
This proposition would apply only to actions that are taken after the effective date of this proposition.
ACTUAL LANGUAGE OF THE AMENDMENT WHICH WILL BE INSERTED IN THE CONSTITUTION IF PASSED BY ARIZONA VOTERS ON NOVEMBER 2, 2010
Article II, Section 36
A. This state shall not grant preferential treatment to or discriminate against any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or public contracting.
B. This section does not:
1. Prohibit bona fide qualifications based on sex that are reasonably necessary to the normal operation of public employment, public education or public contracting.
2. Prohibit action that must be taken to establish or maintain eligibility for any Federal program, if ineligibility would result in a loss of Federal monies to the state.
3. Invalidate any court order or consent decree that is in force as of the effective date of this section.
C. The remedies available for a violation of this section are the same, regardless of the injured party's race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin, as are otherwise available for a violation of the existing antidiscrimination laws of this state.
D. This section shall applies only to the actions that are taken after the effective date of this section.
E. This section is self-executing.
F. For the purposes of this section, "state" includes this state, a city, town or country, a public university, including the University of Arizona, Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University, a community college district, a school district, a special district or any other political subdivision of the state.
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