CO HCR1002

Submits to Colorado voters on November 6, 2018 a constitutional amendment to remove the exception allowing involuntary servitude as punishment for crime from Article II, Section 26

Eliminates the language "except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted" from the Colorado Constitution's slavery prohibition

Ballot title asks voters: "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?"

Requires at least 55 percent of voters to approve the amendment for it to become part of the state constitution

Acknowledges that work opportunities for convicted individuals provide rehabilitation benefits and safer prison environments, but clarifies the amendment only prohibits compulsory labor rather than all work opportunities