Judge Throws Out CoCRI ‘Misled’ Claims
A group of people claimed signature gatherers misled citizens into signing the Colorado Civil Rights Initiative (CoCRI), also known as Amendment 46. Some accused the campaign of tricking people into believing they were signing a petition to keep preferences instead of dismantling them. Venita Vinson said a signature gatherer asked her to sign a petition for “affirmative action.” (Source)
Last Friday an administrative law judge, who said the complainants didn’t supply enough details, threw out those claims.
CoCRI director said, “Given the lack of evidence presented by our opposition, the court did the right thing by dismissing all of the complaints. We will continue to fight with vigor any and all false allegations against Amendment 46.”
In March, the Colorado Secretary of State determined that CoCRI submitted enough signatures to appear on the November ballot. Earlier this month, the secretary announced that Initiative 82, which would preserve race and sex preferences in government hiring, contracting, and admissions, will not appear on the November ballot.
