On August 30, a U.S. District Court ruled that Michigan’s anti-affirmative action initiative should remain on the ballot. Operation King’s Dream v Connerly, 06-12773. Plaintiffs charged it should be removed from the ballot because some circulators told the potential signers that the initiative would save affirmative action. Judge Arthur Tarnow, a Clinton appointee, accepted this evidence, but ruled that the initiative still would have had enough valid signatures even without the misrepresentation. He also noted that nothing in state law addresses statements made by circulators to potential signers. He said the Voting Rights Act does not apply, because the misstatements were made to voters of all racial and ethnic groups, not just to African-American voters. The case is being appealed to the 6th circuit.