• NarrativeBear@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 months ago

    Looks like people voted no to slavery, but the question asked do you not support slavery.

    The answer should have been (yes) I do not support slavery.

    Instead (no) I do not support slavery.

    I can image a good chunk of people got confused with the wording, and I myself am still confused reading it.

    • TheFriar@lemm.ee
      3·
      3 months ago

      Are you sure? It seems pretty straightforward to me. “This amendment would bar slavery and involuntary servitude.” It’s the first sentence.

      • rdrunner@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 months ago

        I bet the wording on the ballot was different. Similar election results sites for my local ballot measures hasve greatly simplified the language the ballot had (which honestly is probably how ballot measures should be written)

      • billbasher@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 months ago

        With the amount of people that voted for Trump I don’t have much confidence in the literacy of randos

      • NarrativeBear@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 months ago

        The link you supplied clears it all up. No way anyone could have misunderstood the vote, the ballot even outlines what yes and no mean in the context.

        I think I now agree with what krashmo said in the thread below.

        “Or maybe Americans are largely shitty people. Stop trying to excuse the behavior and accept it for what it is”