Table Games - Kanawha County

More than 8 percent of Kanawha County's registered voters have already cast ballots on the table games question, The Charleston Gazette reports.

County officials say more than 10,200 residents took part in early voting before it ended Wednesday. The actual special election is Saturday.

And while the other racetrack counties _ Hancock, Jefferson and Ohio _ are admittedly smaller, Kanawha's early votes already exceed total votes in all but Ohio when they held their balloting earlier this summer.

The Gazette article also speculates on spending by both sides in the Kanawha County contest. The mostly grassroots campaign by gambling foes has featured yard signs and some mailings. Pro-table games forces have bankrolled both as well as broadcast ads and repeated rounds of polling.