D.C. Petition Drive For Slots on Ballot Moving Forward
The D.C. Board of Elections cleared the way yesterday for canvassers to begin collecting signatures for a proposed ballot initiative to bring slot machines to the District. City leaders and community activists had sought to stop the drive before it started, with action such as a lawsuit arguing that legalizing slots is not a proper subject for an initiative in the District.
But with the approval of petitions, residents could start getting requests to sign their names to support slot machines any day now. A political action committee, financed by offshore gambling promoters, was stymied in its effort to bring legalized gambling to the District two years ago because of widespread election law violations, including fraud, that led the board to levy a $622,000 fine against the committee, the largest in the elections board's history. Wilma A. Lewis, chairman of the board, told gambling proponents to be more careful this time.
"I urge you to be vigilant with your respect for and adherence to the laws of the District of Columbia," she said during a hearing.
June 16, 2006
Posted By Bob Hartman
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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