Ward Connerly, the Black businessman and former University of California regent who orchestrated the effort to ban affirmative action in Nebraska, says the win could give momentum to his state-by-state campaign against affirmative action.
But the Election Day victory for Connerly and his supporters in Nebraska is being challenged.
Opponents of the ban have filed a lawsuit arguing that petition signatures needed to put the issue on the ballot were gathered using a “pattern of fraud and illegality.” If successful, the lawsuit could invalidate the results of Tuesday’s vote.
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