Eleven people have been charged with forging or obtaining invalid signatures for political candidates last year.
The Utah Attorney General's office announced the charges on Monday, saying they investigated after the cases were referred to them by the State Auditor, the Elections Office, and the Washington County Clerk's Office.
All 11 suspects were charged with multiple crimes, either of forgery or "forgery-related," the AG's office wrote.
All but five of them are from outside the state of Utah. Some of them were working for a company called "Gather," while others were hired as independent contractors. Most were assigned to gather signatures in Washington County and Iron County, while others worked in Tooele, Salt Lake or Utah counties.
