Does anyone know how we did in the election as far as affirmative action or proposal 2?
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Affirmative Action (Proposal 2) passed in Michigan.
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I voted resonably on these answers.  I did not just chose the first one.  I hope this helps you out.  GOOD LUCK!!!
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please let us know how it works out
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THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!\nWhat a great and intelligent question.\nYou just summed up the whole election in just 2 sentences.
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One didn't and one did. There were two measures on the ballot (Question #4 and #5). The less restrictive one did pass (Question #5). It bans smoking in certain places that serve food, but doesn't affect casino gaming areas.\n\nYou can go to the following link to see all the Nevada results:\n\nhttp://www.secretaryofstate.biz/nvelection/2006StateWideGeneral/ElectionSummary.htm
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great ? for sure, especially for the anyone outside the gulf south. nagin won for several reasons. first & foremost to me (registered voter in orleans parish) mitch and willy ray failed to distinguish themselves or their platforms and both remained very non specific as to how, what, when etc.\nsecondly, despite what could be said about nagin, he had a relatively successful first 3 years after the morial debacle of how not to do contractual business with city gov. \nno way anyone can fix the whole system in 3 years. \nThird, Mitch is from the good ol boy network and long time family in politics as we all know. he raised twice what ray did, ran more ads, said over and over 'zero margin for error', and scared alot of people into believing he'd be busy paying back his backers with more of the same in favored contracts and self interest.\nLastly, to understand really why he won, one must look at the exact demographics of who did and did not vote. 38% turnout aint exactly flocking to the polls and there were only about 20k absentee/early votes. \nas much as it wasn't about race it was. and voters have always tended to vote with polarity, not just in the south.
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that’s the Q we are all asking...\nI mean yes we know how it suppose to work...\n5 answers allowed a day-the more best answers u get the better chance...& also you could win by getting friends on yahoo messenger.\n\nSooo I really hope that they aretTabulati I mean I got 30 answers correct out of the 60 I put in the contest. I’m sure some people did better and those deserve it.\nAll I know is I am giving my all to go to the WC!+I desrve it have had 3 brain surgeries in 2 ½ years\nI love you yahoo, just don't work as bad as the counter of votes in Florida where recounts are a muse.
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In respect to the ban on affirmative action, many leaders in the minority community support this.  They believe it hurts schools and businesses as they are forced have to meet quotas of minorites in their employment, not getting the best candidates based on merit.    \n\nSo if you have to have 10 spots open and you need 8 minorities, you hire the people based on the quota's you have to meet, not choosing the best who applied.  You are just filling spots.  You can't hire a white man because you need one more woman or mexican person to comply with the law or face fines.   Or you don't hire a black woman with an MBA because you have your quota of blacks, so you hire a white woman with an associates degree.   Discrimination is discrimination and it works both ways.  \n\nAs for the school funding initiative, where is the funding going to come from?  The state would of had to fund minimum requirements of 565 million per year.  With this state losing so many jobs and the lottery obviously not covering education funding, what are they going to get the money to fund the shortfall?   You can't just print money!  So will there be an increase in taxes for gas, cigarettes, sales, businesses, or property in the future?  Increase DMV fees, tags, start toll roads, \nwhatever they can?  \n\nMichigan is at 7.1% unemployment whereas the nation is at 4.4%.  We citizens cannot afford to spend more to fund a mis-managed government.
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Considering the election results...\n\nCrow?
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I was a little wary about voting on those new machines they had at the voting polls, knowing they can be hacked.  I didn't want to really use those machines at the voting polls but that's all they had there.  I prayed to God that my vote would count for the people I voted for and that there would be no problems with the machines.  All the stories I heard of to discourage voters, particularly in the black community really pissed me off.  I mean is that what it has come to with these politics, just think if they are doing that are we all really safe with our Government.  I'm a black female and I voted for the lesser of two evils.
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Affirmative action policies were put into place to assist women and minorities in getting their foot in the workforce and/or colleges around the United States.  It basically shut down the "good ol' boy network" and created a more diverse workforce.  No-one can deny that this country at one time limited women and minorities from getting ahead.  In the work force, if you were a hiring manager you might be asked to meet goals (hire 1 qualified african american applicant along with the 20 white males already working in your department; or as a college admission officer accept 5 qualified females along with the 100 males you gave the thumbs up to)  Of course no one in their right mind wants affirmative action to be a necessary thing (that's simply a no-brainer)... but it was and it still is needed.  However, there is a new generation coming up the line who never experienced the before world and think that affirmative action is a form of discrimination and want it put to rest.  More power to them.  I think we're still another fifty years away from that dream though... only time will tell.
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I think it was a good thing, i"ll stand by my black brothers and sisters any day, to defend their rights, but in some cases it has gone overboard, for example a white male can easily be put on the bottom of the hiring list, because of the quota, gender and race are against him. This is not made up, i've seen it in action at the utility companies, they will sent you walking( regardless of education or experience) if you do not fit their quota requirements.But, its like any federal program, it starts out with good intentions, but somewhere along the line, it gets off track or it's gone to the extreme limits.
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They're still trying to bring it up for a vote. The bill will be on the ballot in November. I'd suggest voting Democrat tomorrow.
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Well, they did give them equal rights and the right to vote. There are also cases of affirmative action (choosing a person for a job or college because they are of a different race; it's also called reverse racism).
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Just be patient Karl, hopefully, things will move to help our votes really be our votes. In the meantime, I put a link in that may interest you.
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How about this!! The recent mid-term elections were covered quite differently both across the country and around the world. Some European papers down played the election as ho-hum; while other played it as a near overthrowing of the United States. This should give you something to work with.
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Sherrod Brown wins the Ohio Senate seat currently occupied by Republican incumbent Mike DeWine.\n\nTed Strickland wins the position of Governor over Republican opponent Ken Blackwell.\n\nIssues 1 and 2 passed, 3 and 4 failed, and 5 passed.