Opponents say the ballot proposal should not go to voters because MCRI misrepresented the intent of its plan to some people who signed its petitions. MCRI denies the fraud charges.
The Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration & Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality by Any Means Necessary said last week it would ask the Michigan Supreme Court to address the fraud complaints.
Another opposition group, One United Michigan, also is concerned about the fraud complaints.
``It appears fraud is allowed in collecting constitutional amendment signatures in Michigan, although the Supreme Court will have to make the final decision on that issue,'' One United Michigan spokesman David Waymire said.
The Michigan Civil Rights Commission has scheduled a Jan. 11 hearing to discuss the fraud complaints, board chairman Mark Bernstein said.
— Associated Press
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