Rep. Edmond Jordan is urging voters to vote against his proposed Constitutional Amendment seven on the November 8th ballot

State Representative Edmond Jordan

Baton Rouge Representative Edmond Jordan is asking voters to vote against his proposed Constitutional Amendment seven on the November 8th ballot, because he says the ballot language is confusing. Council for a Better Louisiana President Barry Erwin also opposes the amendment that deals with a form of slavery.

“Instead of getting rid of an exception  to slavery and involuntary servitude it actually seems to have gone further then intended,” said Erwin.

Erwin says the intent of the amendment was to restrict the use of involuntary servitude, to make sure it’s only permitted as a form of criminal punishment, but because of how the amendment was written, it may actually broaden the use of involuntary servitude.

“And I think that’s why its probably better to try and start all over again and get some cleaner language in the constitution,” said Erwin.

Jordan is asking voters to vote no on Amendment 7 so the Legislature can rewrite the proposed amendment next year. Erwin says this has to be confusing for voters.

“It’s unfortunate that we have a ballot measure that is coming to them with a good intent but then were saying don’t vote for it wait for another one to come later that’s really not the way that we want to do it,” said Erwin.