Dodge v. Evans

STEWART, Justice:

The plaintiff, Ray Dodge, an inmate at the Utah State Prison, appeals an order of the district court dismissing his complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. His claim in the district court, and on appeal, is that he was denied his right to vote in Salt Lake County in violation of the Utah Constitution, and of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. He asserts that since he resides at the Utah State prison in Salt Lake County, he has a consitutional right to vote in that county.

On appeal from…