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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge has ruled Salt Lake County's clerk complied with state election law in issuing ballots to registered voters in a timely manner. A lawsuit filed last week by two Republican candidates claimed thousands of ballots weren't shipped out to voters in a timely manner. Democratic Clerk Sherrie Swensen says there was a delay due to a vendor problem, but mail-in ballots went out in time.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah voters on Tuesday will elect a new U.S. senator to replace Orrin Hatch, choose whether Mia Love earns a third term in office and decide if that state should make medical marijuana legal. Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is considered a heavy favorite to defeat Democrat Jenny Wilson for the Senate seat. As of Monday, about 620,000 ballots had been turned in, about 44 percent of the total active registered voters.

WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — West Jordan police say a worker fired from an industrial plant has been arrested after trying to stab an ex-colleague. KSL-TV in Salt Lake City reported Monday that 20-year-old Ryan Andrew Grover has been booked on suspicion of aggravated assault, drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. According to police, Grover was fired after getting into an altercation with another employee on Oct. 29.

NORTH OGDEN, Utah (AP) — The wife of a Utah mayor and Army National Guard member who was killed in Afghanistan by one of his Afghan trainees says there is "heartache but no regret." The 39-year-old Brent Taylor left behind his wife and seven children to take a yearlong leave of absence as mayor of North Ogden for his deployment to Afghanistan, where he was training commandos. He was killed in a Saturday attack. His sister-in-law Kristy Pack says his wife Jennie is proud of the way her husband lived fought for freedom.