Kanawha County voters will decide June 9 whether to allow casino table games at Tri-State Racetrack & Gaming Center, after the county's commission took up a petition from the track on Monday, The Charleston Gazette reports.
Ohio County will also hold a special election that Saturday, to answer a similar question regarding Wheeling Island Racetrack and Gaming Center, as The Associated Press reported when Manchin signed the necessary legislation last week.
Hancock County's Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort announced plans last week to petition for a June special election as well. That county's commission expects to field the request at its meeting next week.
The West Virginia Family Foundation, meanwhile, tells The Register-Herald of Beckley that it still intends to sue to block the new law. (The article appears to include an incorrect date for the Ohio County election, however. I note that the new law does not take effect until June 6.)
27 March 2007
Table Games: 2nd of 4 Elections Set
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