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Californians to vote on racial, gender preference programs

by Associated Press
| October 1, 2020 7:27 AM

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California with vastly different political preferences and demographics is voting on whether to allow affirmative action in public hiring, contracting and college admissions — nearly a quarter century after voters outlawed programs that give preference based on race and gender.

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