Yes, Slavery Is on the Ballot in These States [pewtrusts.org]

Porter Jennings-McGarity 8/23/224:00 AM

By Marsh Mercer, Photo: Paul Hennessey/SOPA Images/Sipa USA/The Associated Press, PEW, August 22, 2022

More than 150 years after it was officially outlawed in the United States, slavery will be on the ballot in five states in November, as a new abolitionist movement seeks to reshape prison labor.

Voters in Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont will decide on state constitutional amendments prohibiting slavery and involuntary servitude, in some cases except for work by incarcerated people. Advocates say the amendments are needed to strip antiquated language from state constitutions and to potentially transform the criminal justice system by making all work in prisons voluntary.

Three states — Colorado, Nebraska and Utah — have approved similar ballot initiatives since 2018.

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