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Proposition 6, titled Remove Involuntary Servitude as Punishment for Crime Amendment, was a California ballot proposition and constitutional amendment that failed in the 2024 general election on November 5. [1] [2] [3] The proposition, if passed, would have repealed the line "Involuntary servitude is prohibited except to punish crime" from the ...
Proposition 209 (also known as the California Civil Rights Initiative or CCRI) is a California ballot proposition which, upon approval in November 1996, amended the state constitution to prohibit state governmental institutions from considering race, sex, or ethnicity, specifically in the areas of public employment, public contracting, and ...
Proposition 3, marriage equality: This ballot measure would eliminate outdated language from California’s Constitution that says marriage is a union between one man and one woman. Voters ...
Robins, in which "free speech" rights beyond those addressed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution were found in the California Constitution by the California courts. [3] One of California's most significant prohibitions is against "cruel or unusual punishment," a stronger prohibition than the U.S. Constitution's Eighth ...
HISTORY THREAD: I spent a lot of time in the state archives and library for my piece on Article 34, the California constitutional provision passed in 1950 that requires a public vote before ...
Short title: The corrupt and illegal practices preventions acts, 1883 and 1895. [46 & 47 Vict C. 51, and 58 & 59 Vict. C. 40.] With notes of judicial decisions, and with short introductory chapters on election petitions under these acts, election contests under these acts, the general policy and effect of these acts and the parliamentary common law of agency.
California lawmakers could let voters decide whether to 'prohibit slavery in any form,' which could change work requirements in prisons.