Measure on the ballot in the 2024 Nevada General Election in Nevada.
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Get StartedProposes the removal of language authorizing the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a criminal punishment from the Nevada Constitution
A "Yes" Vote would prohibit the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime.
A "No" Vote would maintain the current language authorizing the use of slavery or involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime.
"I believe that it's time for us to move forward and make it clear and unequivocal that nobody will ever live through the horror of state-sanctioned slavery, or servitude ever again," - NV State Assemblymember, Howard Watts, in support of State Question 4 (Learn more)
"Removing the language may create legal uncertainty in the State around current offender work practices. The uncertainty arising from the passage of Question 4 could impact prison work assignments, such as clerks, cooks, boiler operators, and porters that provide the basic labor to meet the institutions' operational needs. Additionally, offenders who voluntarily participate in work programs that provide life skills, job training, and rehabilitation and offenders who chose community service as an alternative to incarceration may lose these opportunities." - NV State Assembly who drafted a potential argument due to no formal opposition, in opposition to State Question 4 (Learn more)
Shall the Ordinance of the Nevada Constitution and the Nevada Constitution be amended to remove language authorizing the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a criminal punishment?
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