Colorado ballot initiative calls on voters to finally end slavery

Civil liberties groups want to close a constitutional loophole potentially allowing slavery as a punishment for crime, says Bette Browne

Colorado ballot initiative calls on voters to finally end slavery

Civil liberties groups want to close a constitutional loophole potentially allowing slavery as a punishment for crime, says Bette Browne.

‘VOTE yes to end slavery” is hardly a rallying cry one expects in modern America but that’s exactly what voters in one US state are being urged to do in today’s elections.

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