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Supporters object to trans sports referendum ballot language

Supporters object to trans sports referendum ballot language
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![](https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/02/43408845_20260202-_03petitions.jpg?w=1024) The secretary of state released draft language this week for how the initiative, which seeks to limit school sports participation and use of bathrooms and similar spaces to a student's assigned sex at birth, would appear on the November ballot.