Out of five states with 2022 ballot measures, Louisiana was the only one that didn’t vote to ban slavery and involuntary servitude in their state constitution. So why did their amendment fail? It may, in part, have been because of confusion.
or interfere with the ability of prisons and jails to run reformative programs. The Oregon State Sheriffs' Association said it could not support the state's measure because it created"unintended consequences for Oregon Jails that will result in the elimination of all reformative programs and increased costs to local jail operations.
He says the prohibition of slavery and involuntary servitude in the constitution would have given him the legal basis to ask the courts,"Have I been manumitted from something beneath human credibility to now real human citizenship in the United States?" If so,"They couldn't treat us the same way anymore."Ashley Shelton of the Power Coalition says the question needs to be put in front of voters again. State Rep.
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