(The Center Square) — Maine's Democratic Secretary of State has yanked a proposal to restrict transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports from the November ballot, saying backers of the referendum failed to submit enough "valid" signatures.

Secretary of State Shenna Bellows announced Tuesday that her office reviewed 8,067 petitions submitted by supporters of the ballot question "An Act to Designate School Sports Participation and Facilities by Sex" and found 67,150 signatures valid and 12,542 invalid. That's 532 short of the number of signatures needed to qualify for the Nov. 3 ballot, Bellows said. 

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