# Maine girls to speak out on trans athletes as parents revive ballot push on eve of Senate election

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/maine-girls-to-speak-out-on-trans-athletes-as-parents-revive-ballot-push-on-eve-of-senate-election/
- Published: 2026-10-28T23:41:53+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T00:19:47+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/maine-girls-speak-trans-athletes-parents-revive-ballot-push-eve-senate-election
- Topics: Elections, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Maine organisers are renewing their effort to put school rules before voters.
- Two female athletes are expected to speak at a news conference.
- Nearly 5,000 new signatures still require official review.

## Summary

Parents in Maine are renewing a campaign to put restrictions on transgender students’ participation in girls’ sports and access to school facilities before voters. Two high school athletes are due to speak at a news conference in Augusta, bringing the debate back into focus ahead of a closely watched Senate election and a proposed 2027 ballot measure.

The proposal would base eligibility for designated sports and access to bathrooms and other private spaces on sex recorded on students’ original birth certificates, and allow students to sue schools over violations. Organisers say about 100 volunteers gathered nearly 5,000 additional signatures after an earlier petition fell 532 valid signatures short; the new submissions still need review. The previous petition was ruled short of the 67,682 valid signatures required, including after 1,520 signatures collected by four non-resident circulators were invalidated.

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