With signatures delivered, Maine voters could be first to roll back trans rights in November

The campaign behind an initiative to roll back Maine’s inclusive policies for transgender athletes said on Monday it has enough signatures to appear on the November ballot.

In a press conference at the State House, the group announced that it collected over 82,000 signatures from Maine voters over the past few months — more than the 68,000 required to put a citizen initiative on the ballot. The signatures still have to be certified by the Secretary of State’s office before the referendum is approved.

Leyland Streiff, lead petitioner and co-lead of the organization Maine Girl Dads, said in a social media video that the 80,000 signatures show “how much protecting girls’ sports means to Maine.”

The ballot question committee behind the campaign has been bankrolled exclusively by midwestern billionaire mega-donor Richard Uihlein, who donated $800,000 to the campaign in October. Uihlein and his wife have funded Republican causes across the country, including donating millions to anti-abortion efforts nationwide.



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