‘Super signer’ Tri-Cities school rally set for trans athletes, parent rights
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- Let’s Go Washington holds a rally Saturday at Kamiakin High School to collect signatures
- Initiatives would restore parental access to records and limit transgender girls in sports
- Organizers have filed signatures and must reach 309,000 by Jan. 2, 2026
A conservative group collecting signatures across Washington state to change laws around parent communication and girls sports participation is making a pit stop in the Tri-Cities.
Let’s Go Washington is hosting its second-ever “Super Signer Rally” between noon and 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Kamiakin High School, located at 600 North Arthur Street in Kennewick. The event will likely attract hundreds of activists and signature gatherers, and will feature appearances from candidates running in the Nov. 4 general election and local politicians.
A spokesperson for the group said they’re hosting these events as a safe way for voters to turn in the petition sheets they’ve been collecting signatures on.
More than 40 cases of intimidation, harassment and attacks against signature gatherers across the state have been logged in recent weeks by the group, including conflicts at Walmart in Pasco and Fred Meyer’s in Kennewick, though specific details weren’t immediately available.
“Because of all the violence, harassment and attacks, we want to ensure that people feel safe signing or turning in their sheets,” said Hallie Herzberg, communications director of Let’s Go Washington.
Initiative IL26-001 would reinstate certain aspects of the parental bill of rights that lawmakers rewrote during the 2025 legislative session. Democrats chose to rewrite parts of the citizen initiative to align with state and federal laws. The group says the new initiative would allow parents and guardians to review teaching materials, student medical records, receive certain notifications about their kids and opt students out of certain activities.
Initiative IL26-638 would restrict transgender girls from some sports, defining and restricting “biologically male” student-athletes from participating in certain activities that are “intended for female students only.” Those athletes would need verification from their doctor in order to participate.
A “decline-to-sign” campaign called Washington Families for Freedom has formed in opposition to the two initiatives, claiming that if passed they would violate young girls’ right to medical privacy and would repeal protections for students who suffer from abuse at home.
Let’s Go Washington organizers need to gather 309,000 signatures for each measure by Jan. 2 to get the initiatives in front of lawmakers in Olympia for the 2026 session. Legislators will have a few options if the initiatives surmount that hurdle; they could either adopt them, amend them or reject them. Rejecting them would send them to the November 2026 ballot for voters to have the final say on.
The group is making headway to reach their deadline. They’ve collected about 200,000 signatures for the bill of rights initiative and 215,000 signatures for the sports initiative. The group is aiming for 400,000 signatures to account for any errors.
This story was originally published October 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM.
