Show Utah Law Omits Absentee Voter Registration State law fails to permit voter registration by mail except for military personnel according to Sen Wallace F Bennett R- R H Utah Most states allow both ab ab- ab absentee voting and registration tion Although Utah permits ab- ab absentee absentee voting it is one of the few states in the nation which does not have a statutory pro pro- provision provision vision to permit civilians to re- re register register gister by mail to vote in a gen gen gen- general eral election Sen Bennett ex ex- ex explained A large number of young persons from Utah such as missionaries and students students- reach the year old voting age while living out of state he said The Utahn explained that he received a number of requests from students and missionaries living out of state To my dismay I discovered that there is no way that these people can register by absentee application the Sen Sen- Sen Senator ator said |