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Opponents of same-sex marriage in Maryland are planning on turning in just shy of 40,000 signatures today, moving them closer to the 55,736 signatures need to put marriage equality on the November ballot, reports the Baltimore Sun. The remaining signatures need to be turned in by the end of June; anti-same-sex marriage activists have said that they hope to gather 150,000 as a show of force for their cause.

Though same-sex marriage was signed into law earlier this year, it doesn’t become official until January 2013. If enough voters inveigh against it in November, the law will be scrapped. A recent poll found that a majority of Marylanders are in favor of same-sex marriage.