Arizona Civil Rights Initiative

Judge Halts Arizona Ballot Printing, Grants AzCRI Injunction

8/28/2008 – This Morning Judge Burke granted the request from the Arizona Civil Rights Initiative (AzCRI) to enjoin the Secretary of State from printing ballots and publicity pamphlets for the November 4, 2008 general election.

Max McPhail, Executive Director of AzCRI, stated, “We are happy with Judge Burke’s decision. The Secretary of State violated state law, section § 19-121.03 that entitles all petitions 10 days to challenge the Secretary of State’s signature count. Over 330,000 people signed the Arizona Civil Rights Initiative petition. They deserve to have their signatures accurately counted.”

“The counties made numerous errors and marked an estimated 38,000 valid signatures as invalid,” said McPhail. “The county clerks must report their results and are under a tight deadline. It is understandable in their haste they have made errors. However, those errors are unacceptable, the voters have a right to be heard.”

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.

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