Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Ohio Casino issue qualifies for ballot
Forbes: A proposal to allow casino gambling in Ohio's four largest cities was cleared for the fall ballot Tuesday, within days of lottery-run slot machines at horse racing tracks being legalized. Both plans are being pitched as saviors to the Rust Belt state's ailing economy - the slots plan by raising $933 million for state coffers and salvaging the state's once proud horse racing industry; the prospective casino plan by promising 34,000 new jobs in Ohio's struggling urban centers. Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner certified the casino issue for the ballot Tuesday, saying the committee had 452,956 valid signatures among the 850,000 it submitted. That surpassed the 402,000 necessary to qualify for a place on the November ballot. But Brunner's office has simultaneously launched an investigation into the propriety of the petition effort, following complaints by opponents that the issue was being misrepresented, that names of the dead appeared on some petitions, and that felons had been enlisted to collect names.
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