I have written before about the shameless tactics of the ridiculous “Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration & Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary” (or BAMN, for short). When they say they’re willing to employ “any means necessary” to achieve their political goals, they mean it. Their latest campaign has been to prevent Michigan’s citizens from voting on the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, which would ban racial preferences in the state. MCRI today sends out a press release regarding some of BAMN’s latest tactics:

Today, as a last ditch effort to try to keep the people from voting on the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming that while collecting signatures to get MCRI on the ballot we violated the Voting Rights Act. It’s a frivolous claim that is meant to tie up resources and drain our funds. It should be noted that BAMN has brought these allegations to the Secretary of State, Attorney General, Michigan Court of Appeals, and the Michigan Supreme Court–all have found these allegations to be meritless and we expect the same with the federal court.

The press release also includes a bit of reporting from the Gongwer News Service on Shanta Driver, BAMN’s co-chair and spokeswoman, who has done some thinking outside the box to keep the MCRI proposal off of the Michigan ballot:

…if the courts do not remove the proposal, Ms. Driver said her organization has already begun talking to city and local clerks to not put the proposal on their ballots (ballots are, in fact, printed at the county level). Asked how clerks could legally refuse to have the proposal on a ballot, Ms. Driver said they have the “moral authority” to take a stand.

Your daily dose of obtuseness…