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| Arizona Civil Rights Initiative Submits over 330,000 Signatures to the Secretary of State “Arizona citizens will have the chance to vote for fairness and equality in November” 7/3/2008 Today the Arizona Civil Rights Initiative (AzCRI) submitted over 330,000 signatures to the Secretary of State, more than 100,000 over the state requirement. Andrew Thomas, Maricopa County Attorney and Chairman of AzCRI stated, “The Arizona Civil Rights Initiative is vitally important for Arizona. Our government should be promoting equality for everyone, instead they are using a divisive system of racial and gender preferences. I am pleased that Arizona citizens will have the chance to vote for fairness and equality in November.” He continued, “In just over 3 months we collected over 330,000 signatures from Arizona voters. That number certainly underscores the public’s desire to end programs that grant preferences based on race. I believe in November the voters of Arizona will overwhelmingly pass the Arizona Civil Rights Initiative.”Max McPhail, Executive Director, added, “Arizona is one of 23 states that allow the citizens to petition the government directly through ballot initiatives. Watching the democratic process unfold is inspiring.” McPhail continued, “Unfortunately, we had to make special arrangements for the signature submission to the Secretary of State because BAMN, a radical organization from Michigan and California threatened to disrupt the official turn-in in the same manner that they used to disrupt circulators and signers for the last several weeks.” The Arizona Civil Rights Initiative is dedicated to giving the people of Arizona the opportunity to end preferential treatment based on race, sex, ethnicity or national origin by state or local governments. AzCRI will make Arizona a place of equal opportunity for all, not a state that uses discrimination as a tool to create “diversity.” Achieving “diversity” should never be an excuse to discriminate. ### Back to home page |
