Ballot Issues Education for the 2008 General Election - Initiative 424: Constitutional Amendment to Prohibit Discrimination or Preferential Treatment

Authors

• J. David Aiken, University of Nebraska at LincolnFollow
• Bradley D. Lubben, University of Nebraska at LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

2008

Document Type

Article

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© 2008, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska on behalf of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension. All rights reserved.

Abstract

On November 4, 2008, Nebraska voters will consider an amendment to the state constitution to ban many state or local government affirmative action programs (unless pending court challenges nullify the vote). The proposed constitutional amendment was brought forth by petition initiative and is modeled after similar language approved by voters in California (1996), Washington (1998), and Michigan (2006). Voters in Colorado will also face the same question this year on election day while similar efforts in Arizona, Missouri, and Oklahoma failed to reach the ballot.