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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The Utah attorney general's office wants the state Supreme Court to order county clerks to decertify electronic signatures supporting a gubernatorial hopeful's candidacy.
At issue is whether clerks in Kane, Salt Lake, Sanpete and Washington counties should've certified electronic signatures supporting Farley Anderson's run for governor.
The lieutenant governor's office has rejected Anderson's paperwork, saying the independent candidate didn't get the required 1,000 signatures. Including e-signatures, Anderson contends he did.
The court's decision could preview a similar showdown on the use of electronic signatures to get initiatives and referendums on the ballot. No state currently permits the use of electronic signatures, but several Utah groups are gathering them anyway.
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