Group renews petition effort to put transgender sports on next year’s ballot

By: Eesha Pendharkar

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: September 15, 2026

Words: 418

Last Updated: 2 days, 21 hours ago

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The group aiming to limit what sports and school facilities transgender students can access is renewing its signature collection effort, aiming to get a referendum question on next year’s ballot.

The initiative was first approved by the Maine Secretary of State’s Office to appear on the November ballot. But following a legal challenge questioning the validity of hundreds of signatures collected by the group, Protect Girls’ Sports, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and the …

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