Signature-gathering volunteers seeking to repeal Maine legislators' decision to comply with federal Real ID provisions staked out civic celebrations across the state this weekend.

As the results of their signature collection push filter in, however, leaders of the effort to land the Real ID question before voters in November are still uncertain how close they have come to the 55,087-signature threshold.

"I just don't know," said Lu Bauer, one of three people coordinating the repeal effort. "We've got a big push on right now. Certainly a lot are being collected."

The group faces a July 17 deadline to turn in the more than 55,000 signatures -- equal to a third of the votes cast in the 2006 gubernatorial contest -- to the Secretary of State's office. Volunteers, however, must have their petitions certified by local clerks before submitting them to the Secretary of State.