Brunner: Casino issue headed for ballot

Filed by Associated Press September 26th, 2008 in Top Stories.
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COLUMBUS — Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner says backers of a proposed Ohio casino have collected enough valid signatures to put the issue on the Nov. 4 ballot.Voters will now decide whether to amend the Ohio Constitution to allow a casino resort off Interstate 71 near Wilmington in western Ohio.

Backers of the project claim it would create at least 5,000 jobs and produce income for each of Ohio’s 88 counties.

Brunner determined on Thursday that the proposal contains at least 480,000 signatures, more than the required 402,275 needed to qualify for the ballot.

The required total equals 10 percent of the ballots cast in the 2006 gubernatorial election.


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