Nope, they didn’t. The Sierra Club never, ever supported immigration restriction; the one time it came up on the ballot, it was voted down by a ratio of 3:2. (By, yes, the Club members in an election, not the Board of Directors.) Election results here.
From 1989 to 1996 the position was that immigration should be “stabilized”- i.e. reduced to the level where the entire US’s population does not grow. In 1996 the position was changed to neutrality; from 1998 to the present the club has been split on whether or not to oppose immigration (with the majority favoring neutrality).
I assume that any result that close was probably susceptible to being determined by who controlled the wording of the ballot question and the use of official resources in campaigning.
Apparently A was put on the ballot by gathering signatures, and then B was put on with wording designed to counter to it. Apparently the organization’s leadership largely supported B. Those are great advantages for B, and it didn’t even get more than 3⁄5 of the popular vote.
Who could vote for A instead of B, when B is a vote for “the empowerment and equity of women” and ”...address[ing] the root causes of migration by encouraging sustainability, economic security, health and nutrition, human rights and environmentally responsible consumption”?
Nope, they didn’t. The Sierra Club never, ever supported immigration restriction; the one time it came up on the ballot, it was voted down by a ratio of 3:2. (By, yes, the Club members in an election, not the Board of Directors.) Election results here.
From 1989 to 1996 the position was that immigration should be “stabilized”- i.e. reduced to the level where the entire US’s population does not grow. In 1996 the position was changed to neutrality; from 1998 to the present the club has been split on whether or not to oppose immigration (with the majority favoring neutrality).
I assume that any result that close was probably susceptible to being determined by who controlled the wording of the ballot question and the use of official resources in campaigning.
Apparently A was put on the ballot by gathering signatures, and then B was put on with wording designed to counter to it. Apparently the organization’s leadership largely supported B. Those are great advantages for B, and it didn’t even get more than 3⁄5 of the popular vote.
Who could vote for A instead of B, when B is a vote for “the empowerment and equity of women” and ”...address[ing] the root causes of migration by encouraging sustainability, economic security, health and nutrition, human rights and environmentally responsible consumption”?
Applause, applause.