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square political button, red background with white text "NO! Initiative 200" This was the washington state initiative to repeal affirmative action; the initiative passed in 1998. Commemorates the campaign against Washington State Initiative 200 which was placed on the Washington Ballot in 1998 and overwhelmingly passed. A statewide coalition of Asian Pacific Americans, APACE, lobbied "no" supporters, chaired by Akemi Matsumoto, made 22,000 APA contacts. Whereas all WA counties passed 1-200, it failed in King County, where this campaign was head quartered. They received help nationally and got good press.
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2008.016.001.033