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TN Amendment 3 - Remove Slavery from Constitution

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> United States > Tennessee > Constitutional Amendments > 2022 Amendments > Amendment 3 - Remove Slavery from Constitution

Office

Referendum

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Referendum - Abbr:

Type

Referendum

Filing Deadline

May 01, 2022 - 12:00am Central

Polls Open

November 08, 2022 - 07:00am Central

Polls Close

November 08, 2022 - 07:00pm Central

Term Start

November 09, 2022 - 12:00pm

Term End

December 31, 9999 - 11:55pm

Turnout

23.55% Total Population

Contributor

Mr. Matt

Last Modified

RBH December 15, 2022 07:34pm

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Description

Tennessee Constitutional Amendment 3 - Remove Slavery as Punishment for Crime from Constitution Amendment

This 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.”

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