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Anti-slavery measure could return to Louisiana ballots — with similar confusing language

Por: The Advocate Politics May 18, 2023

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An effort to amend Louisiana's constitution to ban slavery got mired in confusion last year after lawmakers added exceptions for prison labor, and the bill's sponsor ultimately to reject it at the polls.Now the proposal is back before the state Legislature — and it could face setbacks again for the same reasons, after a House committee voted to add back the prison labor exception that got the measure in trouble in the first place. In... + full article



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