Maine Officials Move to Void School Sports Measure After 532-Signature Shortfall

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 22

67,150 valid signatures left Maine's school sports ballot initiative 532 short of the 67,682 needed, prompting a state official to recommend it be invalidated before the November ballot.
Katherine McBrien said 12,542 signatures should be rejected after a court-ordered second review, including nearly 2,000 duplicates identified following a legal challenge by three residents.
The proposal would require public school teams and sex-segregated facilities to be based on a student's biological sex listed on a birth certificate, unless a team is co-ed.
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows will make the final determination on May 26, while campaign backers say they will object by the May 23 deadline and expect the fight to continue in court.

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