A conservative group that wants to restrict transgender students' access to sports and school bathrooms is circulating a petition at polling places in Maine today. If they collect enough signatures, the measure could be on next year's ballot.

The proposed referendum would require students to play on sports teams and use locker rooms and bathrooms that correspond with their biological sex at birth.

The group Protect Girls Sports will need about 68,000 signatures by February to make it on to Maine’s 2026 ballot.

It is the latest attempt to change Maine’s law, after several bills introduced last legislative session failed to amend the Maine Human Rights Act and ban transgender students from participating in sports teams aligned with their gender identities.

Maine has faced ongoing pressur

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