Measure on the ballot in the 2022 Tennessee General Election in Tennessee.
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Get StartedThis amendment would change the current language in Article I, Section 33 of the Tennessee Constitution, which says that slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a person who has been duly convicted of crime, are forever prohibited in this State. The amendment would delete this current language and replace it with the following language: "Slavery and involuntary servitude are forever prohibited. Nothing in this section shall prohibit an inmate from working when the inmate has been duly convicted of a crime."
A "yes" vote supports amending the constitution to replace the current language allowing slavery as a punishment for crime with the following language: "Slavery and involuntary servitude are forever prohibited. Nothing in this section shall prohibit an inmate from working when the inmate has been duly convicted of a crime."
A "no" vote opposes amending the constitution and replacing the current language allowing slavery as a punishment for crime with the following language: "Slavery and involuntary servitude are forever prohibited. Nothing in this section shall prohibit an inmate from working when the inmate has been duly convicted of a crime."
"Our constitution should reflect our values, and it's important that we not have any loopholes that will say in any circumstance slavery is permissible, I think it's an ugly part of our history that needs to be completely put to bed." - State Senator Raumesh Akbari, in support of Constitutional Amendment 3 (Learn more)
"I just think it's ultimately fake history to be telling our voters next year that the 1870 Constitution allowed slavery, It clearly did not, and it was passed five years after Tennessee and the United States ratified the 13th Amendment, forever prohibiting slavery. So that to me, Mr. Speaker, is fake history, and for that reason, I'll actually be voting no." - State Senator Brian Kelsey, in opposition to Constitutional Amendment 3 (Learn more)
Shall Article I, Section 33 of the Constitution of Tennessee be amended by deleting the section and substituting instead the following? Section 33. Slavery and involuntary servitude are forever prohibited. Nothing in this section shall prohibit an inmate from working when the inmate has been duly convicted of a crime.
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