Washington state lawmakers overturned a 20-year-old ban on affirmative action in higher education earlier this year. Voters will get a chance to overturn their decision at the ballot box this fall, thanks to the efforts of a successful referendum campaign.

Let People Vote told supporters that it set a state record by collecting more than 200,000 signatures to challenge the Legislature's Initiative 1000. By voting to "reject" Referendum 88 on the November ballot, voters will preserve Washington's ban on affirmative action.

Just as Asian-American groups backed the unsuccessful lawsuit against Harvard University's race preferences, they are also joining the campaign against the imposition of affirmative action in Washington.

"We are launching a national alliance with our partner organizations to support their [R-88] campaign," Wenyuan Wu, director of administration for the Asian American Coalition for Education, told The College Fix in an email.