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[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 49 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Colorado did a state amendment by referendum to actually ban slavery, but when a prisoner went to court to stop his slavery, the judge said the people obviously did not mean to ban slavery when they voted to ban slavery.

"the voters did not intend to abolish the DOC inmate work program by virtue of passing Amendment A," wrote Judge Sueanna P. Johnson

The text of Amendment A which the voters voted on was:

"Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution that prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime and thereby prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude in all circumstances?"

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 years ago

"Sorry, I'm gonna have to drop the facade for this one but you're not allowed to ACTUALLY do that..."

[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I remember following this in a few states that had this type of thing on the ballot.

vote

i-voted

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

In general, I think referendum voting is more legitimate than representative voting, but there's no accounting for the judiciary just deciding it doesn't matter.

[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

Amen to that. Whenever a corporation wants to dump their waste directly into waterways and the like, it's remarkable how little all the town halls, protests, and votes can do.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

There is. I'm not at liberty to disclose the mechanisms through this medium, but you can account for it.