In the 2024 general election, question four for Nevada's ballot question talks about slavery in the constitution.

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject ...

For millions of Americans, slavery is on the ballot this Election Day. To many, this fact may be surprising. After all, ...

FILE - This Nov. 29, 2011, file photo shows the signature of president Abraham Lincoln on a rare, restored copy of the 13th Amendment that ended slavery, in Chicago. National lawmakers are expected on ...

Voting yes on Prop. 6, would still allow prisoners to continue working for money or “time credits” that reduce the length of ...

Slavery and involuntary servitude are banned, but there is an exception as a form of punishment for those who have been convicted and imprisoned for a crime.

Question 4 proposes the removal of language authorizing the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a criminal punishment ...

These forms are called just-title servitude. The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which brought an end to racial slavery in the U.S., does allow for just-title servitude to punish ...

The Second Amendment gives us the right to bear arms. The 13th Amendment is commonly thought to have abolished slavery. My first two examples certainly deserve more nuance, but my third example – ...

U.S. prisons have become hotspots for forced labor, where inmates work for large corporations and and are paid very low wages. For example, while free workers may earn $20 to $30 per hour, prisoners ...

After all, involuntary servitude is a form of modern-day slavery. The 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, included an exception: If one is “duly convicted” of a crime, slavery and ...

Of the Civil War Amendments, the Fourteenth Amendment had the most far-reaching effect on the meaning of the Constitution. It conferred both national and state citizenship upon birth, thereby ...