FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 29, 2010 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?”...

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. ...

Wow, I read the Oct. 25 letter from the third year law students at University of Arizona opposing Proposition 107. My guess is the reason they oppose it is because they are not in the top of their class. Heaven forbid the best qualified get what they rightly deserve Let me give you an example. About 20 years ago at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, they had a sergeant's test for five openings. The four officers who got the four highest scores got the promotion. The fifth spot was given to a minority who finished more than 100 spots down in the test scores. That was the rules — they had to promote a minority. This sergeant performed his job improperly and was eventually allowed to retire after an investigation. I support Prop 107. I think the best person for the position should get it. When I have to pay outrageous fees to an attorney, I want the best. I don't want someone who got into school because of their race or gender. I want someone who got the position because they earned it and don't...

Affirmative action wasn't meant to be a perpetual-motion machine. The policy served an important purpose, making up for missing opportunities in education and the workplace. But over time, the drawbacks have come to outweigh the advantages.

Voters should pull the plug. They should approve Proposition 107, which would amend the Arizona Constitution to ban affirmative-action programs in public employment, public education or public contracting.


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‘No one should be threatened with violence in our nation because of their views’

PHOENIX – Shortly after Ward Connerly, founder and chairman of the American Civil Rights Institute (ACRI), participated in a debate against Rep. David Lujan, D-Dist. 15, on Prop. 107, known as the Arizona Civil Rights Amendment, hosted by the Goldwater Institute last Thursday, Steve Russell sent out a message from his Twitter account stating he “would not hesitate to punch [C]onnerly in the face if I saw him.”

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