Can someone please explain to me why 241,702 Utahns voted against removing language from the Utah Constitution that allows the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as criminal punishments? It seems to me that even if 702 had voted against it, that would have been 702 too many.
Gerald Elias, Salt Lake City
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