This November, California voters will decide whether to ban forced labor in state prisons and local jails via Proposition 6.
Its backers, including a large bipartisan group of state lawmakers who voted to place it on the ballot, say the measure is meant to end involuntary servitude, also described by some as modern day slavery.
According to a recent survey by the Public Policy Institute of California, 50% of likely voters said they oppose the measure. About 46% said they would vote yes…