November 14, 2008
State Ballots on Stem Cells and Race Are Decided
For the first time ever, a state ballot measure to ban affirmative-action programs based on race, gender, and national origin at public colleges and other state agencies was defeated. Colorado voters narrowly rejected such a referendum last week by a razor-thin margin that took two days to become official.
Voters in Nebraska, however, took the opposite stand, approving a similar ballot question.
Those measures were among 19 referenda related to higher education that voters in 15
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