This midterm elections, voters in five states will decide whether to remove from state constitutions language allowing slavery and involuntary servitude as criminal punishments.
— or none at all.
This year, voters in Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont will decide whether to close the loopholes in their constitutions.The ballot initiatives are part of a national push to strike down the exception clause in the 13th Amendment that allows slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime.
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