Attempt to Block Access to Equal Opportunity Doomed in Arizona, Says Legal Defense Fund

Attempt to Block Access to Equal Opportunity Doomed in Arizona, Says Legal Defense Fund NEW YORK, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, California businessman Ward Connerly was handed his third consecutive defeat in this year's five-state campaign designed to erect new barriers to equal opportunity in public education, public employment and public contracting. Connerly has been unable to get the ballot initiatives certified in the majority of the states where he and his associates have sponsored and funded efforts this year; identical measures in Oklahoma and Missouri similarly failed to qualify for the ballot. "Today is another important victory in the fight to preserve equal access to opportunity. As was the case in Oklahoma and Missouri, Ward Connerly's misguided and divisive effort has again fallen short, this time in... [read full story]