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WAILUKU » Activists have handed in more than 9,000 additional signatures to the Maui County Clerk's office in support of a moratorium on growing or testing genetically modified foods. The new signature submission comes after more than half of the signatures the group turned in last month were found to be invalid. The citizens' initiative must have valid signatures of 8,465 registered Maui County voters to appear on the Nov. 4 general election ballot. Sustainable Hawaiian Agriculture for the Keiki and the Aina Movement earlier gathered 4,720 valid signatures, The Maui News reported. The initiative needs another 3,745 to go forward this year. The initiative seeks to ban genetically modified organisms in Maui County.