DoomsdaysCW#Maine - Referendum on #TransgenderAthletes could be kept off ballot because of invalid signatures
By Kevin Miller, May 21, 2026
"A state elections official is recommending that a referendum on transgender athletes be kept off the November ballot after identifying problems with thousands of petition signatures.
"The proposed ballot initiative would only allow athletes to compete on teams that match their birth sex unless a school offers a co-ed team. If enacted, it would also require schools to maintain separate locker rooms, restrooms and showers for male and female students.
"But opponents challenged the validity of thousands of petition signatures filed by the #ProtectGirlsSports in Maine campaign. And after reviewing the petition sheets, Chief Deputy Secretary of State Katherine McBrien recommended that more 12,500 of the nearly 80,000 signatures be invalidated because of multiple issues. Those included petition circulators failing to file valid affidavits with the secretary of state's office, duplicate signatures, someone else signing a petition sheet rather than the supposed voter, and signatories not matching any registered voters in their town's voting rolls.
"If Secretary of State #ShennaBellows agrees with McBrien's recommendation, the Protect Girls Sports campaign would fall just 532 signatures below the 67,682 that are currently needed to place an issue on the statewide ballot."
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Referendum on transgender athletes could be kept off ballot because of invalid signatures
The chief deputy secretary of state found issues with more than 12,000 signatures filed by the campaign behind the ballot initiative that seeks to ban transgender athletes from girls sports. But the group plans to challenge that finding.
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