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Title: Transgender Law Opponents Put Measure on Ballot
Post by: Shana A on March 09, 2008, 07:49:42 AM
Transgender Law Opponents Put Measure on Ballot
   
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/08/AR2008030802341.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/08/AR2008030802341.html)

By Ann E. Marimow
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 9, 2008; Page C05

Montgomery County election officials have cleared the way for voters to decide whether to uphold broad protections for transgender individuals passed by the County Council in the fall.

Opponents of the anti-discrimination measure, who contend it could lead to indecent exposure in locker rooms, have collected enough valid signatures to place a referendum on the November ballot, Board of Elections lawyer Kevin Karpinski said yesterday.