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Sierra Club Defeats Anti-immigration Candidates NewsMax.com WiresSAN FRANCISCO – Sierra Club leaders beat back an effort by anti-immigration forces to gain control of the nation's largest and most influential environmental group. In elections for Sierra Club's 15-member board of directors, candidates picked by the leadership won all five open seats in a landslide, according to vote tallies released Wednesday. The election had been conducted by mail and online since March 1. A record number of members, 171,616 out of 757,058, voted, easily the highest level of participation in the club's 112-year-old history. At stake was Sierra Club's policy on immigration, a politically charged issue many club leaders have been reluctant to address.
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Calling U.S. population growth the greatest danger to the environment, an increasingly vocal faction of Sierra Club that advocates a tougher stance on immigration ran its own slate of candidates. Sierra Club leaders warned that anti-immigration advocates were trying to take over the organization and its $100 million annual budget. © 2004 Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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