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Anti-Affirmative Action Signatures Challenged

By | 04.24.08 | 1:25 pm

Jesus the Lord God is not registered to vote in the state of Colorado. The King of Kings is just one of an estimated 69,000 signatures that a group opposing Colorado’s proposed anti-affirmative action amendment is challenging to keep the

Group Claims Dozens, Perhaps Thousands, Duped in ‘Voter Fraud’

By | 04.01.08 | 6:21 pm

Opponents of an amendment to ban affirmative action in Colorado delivered a stinging attack on the measure’s sponsors today – and its misleading campaign tactics. “A man from California, a man named Ward Connerly, is trying to make

Weekend Update: Top Stories from the Week that Was

By | 03.16.08 | 1:13 pm

From man camps to affirmative action and the ever-silent Senate candidate Bob Schaffer, Colorado Confidential is on the story.

Ward Connerly’s Anti-Affirmative Action Machine

By | 03.10.08 | 2:42 pm

Just who is Ward Connerly and why does he want to change Colorado’s Constitution?

Amendment 31: Fighting Misleading Petitioners Isn’t Easy

By | 02.21.08 | 11:14 am

Tracy Sear’s interactions with two Amendment 31 petition circulators occurred on Feb. 8 and Feb. 9. “The first time I was coming out of the Target store in Glendale. There was a young man with clipboard and I overheard him

‘Basically, They Lied To Me’

By | 02.20.08 | 2:38 pm

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Every day at the light rail stop at Auraria campus in downtown Denver, Chloe Johnson encounters a handful of petitioners gathering signatures. “Would you like to end all discrimination in Colorado?” she is asked. She certainly does. A

31 Versus 61: Flip Sides Of The Discrimination Coin

By | 02.19.08 | 9:29 am

Amendment 31, meet Amendment 61 – otherwise known as Colorado civil rights activists’ answer to California millionaire Ward Connerly’s efforts to outlaw affirmative action programs in Colorado.

Amendment 31: Civil Rights Or Civil Wrongs?

By | 02.18.08 | 9:16 am

The paid petition circulators are already out in force. Standing with their clipboards in front of King Soopers and Safeway and Target stores, they are asking people questions like, “Do you want to ban discrimination in Colorado?” and, “Do you