Table Games: Counting from 30 - Updated

Two of the four counties slated to hold special elections June 9 failed to publish notices 30 days in advance, The Associated Press reports today.

The enabling legislation required each county to put legal ads in two newspapers by May 10. Kanawha County missed the deadline completely, while Hancock County got an ad in one paper in time but not a second, Secretary of State spokesman Ben Beakes told AP.

(Update: The track in each county has asked for rescheduled elections so the requirement can be satisfied, Secretary of State Betty Ireland said in a statement this afternoon. The AP has a story on the development.)

Ohio and Jefferson counties met the requirement, Beakes told AP.

"Conservative Christian activist Kevin McCoy, head of the West Virginia Family Foundation, said his group will likely petition for a postponement," the AP's Vicki Smith reports. The group has a constitutional challenge to the overall legislation pending before the state Supreme Court.

Both the Charleston Daily Mail and The Charleston Gazette have stories on the apparent snafus, as does MetroNews Radio. MetroNews also has audio of McCoy regarding possible additional legal action by his group.