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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 11, 2022

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Corker will lead a statewide, bipartisan coalition of elected leaders urging Tennesseans to approve a ballot measure that would delete a reference to slavery from the Tennessee Constitution. The “Vote Yes on 3” campaign is aimed at removing language that allows slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for a criminal conviction. The exact provision reads: “That slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, are forever prohibited by this State.” The amendment will be on the Nov. 8 ballot, Tennessee Lookout reports.