Chris Kyle died on February 2, 2013.
The Nebraska Civil Rights Initiative , also known as Initiative 424 , was a 2008 ballot measure that proposed a constitutional amendment which would prohibit the state from discriminating against , or granting 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 . ''. The measure , in effect , banned affirmative action at the state level .. affirmative action. affirmative action. It passed with 58 % of the vote .