Colorado votes to abolish slavery in second attempt

DENVER – Colorado voters have approved changing the language in the state constitution so that it no longer allows slavery as a form of punishment. The vote came a day after someone left a pile of burning pamphlets on the front porch of the ballot measure's leading proponent.CBS Denver reports that Amendment A passed, which means Article II, Section 26 of Colorado's constitution will be changed.It had read: There "shall never be in this state either slavery or involuntary servitude, except