Reply #22: Excuse me!

[Bill Bored]

But you are taking this completely out of context.
This only refers to the following Section of CA's Constitution:

"SEC. 31. (a) The State shall not discriminate against, or grant
preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of
race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of
public employment, public education, or public contracting."

In other words, if the US Law says we should have some sort of affirmative action in public employment, etc., this SECTION of the state Constitution may be trumped. BUT THAT'S NOT THE WHOLE STATE CONSTITUTION now, is it?

You then go on to suggest that this applies to every other state Constitution? Give me a break.

HAVA may very well be found to be unconstitutional, but it's more likely that a proper non-vendor-driven interpretation of HAVA will simply say that most of it is optional.