"The lawsuit filed by three Maine residents claims that an additional 7,000 signatures should be invalidated. Among those, they say they have identified hundreds of duplicate signatures, while hundreds of others do not include the required information."
"The State Attorney General's Office has admitted to making mistakes in validating the signatures, and that Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has conceded as much in court filings."
"Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Bolton stated, 'Several of these challenges fail as a matter of law, and the court should reject these challenges.'"
A lawsuit has been filed by Maine residents against the Secretary of State's validation of a petition for an anti-trans referendum. The plaintiffs argue that thousands of signatures collected by Protect Girls' Sports are invalid, including duplicates and those from unregistered voters. Although state officials verified over 71,000 signatures, the plaintiffs claim an additional 7,000 should be invalidated. The Attorney General's Office acknowledged mistakes in the validation process, but the Secretary of State maintains that enough valid signatures were collected for the referendum to proceed.
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