AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) – Leaders of a people’s veto effort to overturn Maine’s newly enacted tax law changes plan to turn in petitions seeking a referendum to state election officials on Friday.

The Republican-led campaign called Still Fed Up With Taxes needs to turn in more than 55,000 certified voters’ signatures in order to force a June 2010 referendum.

The law targeted by the people’s veto campaign extends the state’s sales tax to a number of currently untaxed services and raises the food and lodging tax. It also lowers the state’s top income tax rate from 8.5 to 6.5 percent for most Mainers.