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| Effort to put Ariz. immigration law on ballot fails |
| 2010-07-04 |
| An initiative drive to put Arizona's new immigration law on the November ballot fizzled. Thursday was the deadline to file the required nearly 154,000 voter signatures, but the Secretary of State's office says the day passed without a filing. The organizers of the "Compassion for all" campaign said in an Internet posting that they didn't collect enough signatures and had closed out the campaign. They said they'd remain active in other activities to help the Hispanic community. The proposed ballot measure would have repealed the law taking effect July 29 and imposed a three-year moratorium to bar the Legislature from enacting similar legislation. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 "It appears the word "compassion" has taken on a different, politicized meaning" Too true, joe. It now means (at least when used by the Left and other idiots) "I'm so wonderful." |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-07-04 16:49 |
| #7 I guess that makes us "mean spirited," Barbara. Personally, I can live w/that. It appears the word "compassion" has taken on a different, politicized meaning, like the word gay did a few decades ago. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2010-07-04 16:17 |
| #6 "It takes a heart of stone not to laugh." Luckily, my heart is made of regular muscle, joe, so I'm laughing my ass off. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-07-04 13:42 |
| #5 State pop is more than 6 mil. Nearly 8 percent illegals (second highest in the nation). Couldn't find 154K w/compassion/legal status to sign. It takes a heart of stone not to laugh. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2010-07-04 12:41 |
| #4 "'Compassion Fixed. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-07-04 11:16 |
| #3 Well, but there were 3 different slants! That counts for something, no? |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2010-07-04 03:06 |
| #2 And the thousand votes they did get were all written in the same handwriting. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-07-04 02:42 |
| #1 153,000 short? |
| Posted by: ed 2010-07-04 02:15 |