Crunch time for candidates, initiatives seeking ballot spots

SALT LAKE CITY — Deadlines for candidates and initiative petitions looking to score a place on the primary and general election ballots are coming up fast, and some might still have a lot of work to do.Among the 11 candidates for federal office who signed up to collect signatures to guarantee they'll be in the June primary, the state elections website shows only U.S. Senate hopeful Mitt Romney with any certified signatures to date.Romney has turned in more than 43,000 signatures — co