The only thing stopping voters from toasting their election victors or drowning their sorrows is stumbling through the state's maze of conflicting liquor laws. For instance, resorts and hotels are forbidden at banquets from serving diners even a single glass of beer today at the same time that voters can stop at any grocery outlet or convenience store and pick up a six-pack.

And while all the state liquor stores will be closed, liquor sales are wide open all day at Salt Lake City International Airport. That's not true for restaurants and bars, however, which are banned from serving wine, spirits or heavy beer until the polls close at 8 p.m.

Local cities also can enact their own rules, as long as the liquor prohibitions are stricter than the state's. That means bars can sell lighter beer containing 3.2 percent alcohol, unless a local municipality decides otherwise.

Utah is among nine states that have enacted some type of Election Day liquor ban, while 12 other states leave it up to local municipalities to decide.