Utah’s constitution dates from statehood (1895). It guarantees basic personal freedoms consistent with the federal Bill of Rights, prohibits sectarian control of public schools, forbids “polygamous or plural marriages”—although the mainstream Mormon church has officially disavowed polygamy since 1890, a number of sects still practice it in Utah and elsewhere—and grants equal civil, political, and religious rights, including suffrage, to all citizens. Voting requirements follow national patterns, though for elections affecting tax levies, a voter must have paid a property tax the previous year. The governor is aided by a jointly elected lieutenant governor (who also performs the duties of ...(100 of 6058 words)