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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Support for casinos holding at 53 percent
With 78 percent of the state’s precincts reporting, voters were approving Issue 3, the four-casino plan, 53-47 percent. Those were the latest results posted by Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner at 11:15 p.m.
Support was strong for the plan in three of the four casino counties - Cuyahoga, Hamilton and Lucas- while Franklin County voters were rejecting it by a big margin.
Locally, voters in Montgomery, Preble, Clark. Warren and Butler counties were approving the plan while voters in Miami, Greene, Darke and Champaign counties were turning it down.
The casinos could open by 2012. The plan would permit casinos in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Toledo.
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Franklin County strongly rejecting casinos
Voters in Franklin County, which includes Columbus, were breaking ranks with voters in other casino counties on Tuesday, Nov.3, and soundly rejecting the four-casino plan.
In results posted by Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner about 10:15 p.m., Franklin County voters were voting down Issue 3, 58-42 percent.
Voters in the other three casino counties- Cuyahoga, Hamilton and Lucas - were voting strongly in favor of the issue, which would permit casinos in Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Toledo.
Statewide, the issue was winning 54-46 percent with 49 percent of the precincts reporting.
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Casino opponent: “For sure it’s going to win”
Tom Smith, a leading opponent of the four-casino plan, said on Tuesday, Nov. 3, that “I think for sure it’s going to win.”
“It’s not looking good,” Smith, public policy director for the Ohio Council of Churches, said in a telephone interview. “I think more than anything it’s the aspect of the economy, jobs. People bought into that.”
Casino backers said the plan would create 34,000 jobs, a figure that Smith and other opponents disputed.
Smith spoke about 10 p.m. as results posted by Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner showed voters approving Issue 3, 54-46 percent statewide, with 42 percent of precincts counted.
The issue would permit casinos in Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Toledo.
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Casino issue chairman: “Cautiously optimistic”
Charles Luken, chairman of the pro-casino Ohio Jobs and Growth Committee, said on Tuesday, Nov. 3, that he is “cautiously optimistic” that voters will approve Issue 3.
Luken, the former U.S. House member and former Cincinnati mayor, spoke on the Ohio News Network from Cleveland.
He spoke with statewide results posted by Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner showing voters approving the issue, 56-44 percent at about 9:45 p.m. with about 24 percent of the state’s precincts reporting.
The issue would permit casinos in Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland and Toledo.
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Casino counties provide strong support for Issue 3
Issue 3 was winning by big margins in three of the four counties that would get casinos under the proposal in results posted by Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner about 9:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Here are the results:
Cuyahoga County Cleveland, winning, 68-32 percent
Hamilton County, Cincinnati, winning, 70-30 percent
Lucas County, Toledo, winning, 59-41 percent
Results were not posted for Franklin County, which includes Columbus.
Statewide, the issue was winning, 60-40 percent, with more than 12 percent of precincts reporting.
The plan would permit casinos in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Toledo.
Voters have rejected gambling plans four times since 1990.
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Most local counties supporting casinos
The Issue 3 casino plan was winning in Montgomery, Butler and Warren counties in early returns posted by Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.
Champaign and Darke County voters, however, were turning down the issue.
Here were results posted about 9 a.m.
Butler County, winning, 67-33 percent
Champaign County, losing, 53-47 percent
Darke County, losing, 53-47 percent
Montgomery County, winning, 59-41 percent
Warren County, winning, 59-41 percent
Statewide, voters were approving the issue, 59-41 percent.
Much of the early results came from absentee ballots and casino backers worked hard to get supporters to vote absentee.
The plan would put casinos in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Toledo.
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Hamilton County voters go big for casinos
Early returns posted from Hamilton County show voters overwhelming supporting Issue 3, which would put a casino in Cincinnati.
The results from Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner posted just after 8:35 p.m. showed Issue 3 winning, 70-30 percent in Hamilton County. Statewide, the issue was ahead, 61-39 percent.
Issue 3 also would put casinos in Columbus, Cleveland and Toledo.
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Casino plan winning early in Montgomery County
First results from Montgomery County posted by Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner showed Issue 3 - the plan to put casinos in four Ohio cities - winning 59-41 percent.
Statewide, the issue was winning about 60-40 percent according to the results posted about 8:10 p.m. Montgomery County was the only Dayton-area county with results posted by Brunner.
Issue 3 calls for casinos in Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Toledo.
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Casinos take early lead
Early results posted by Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner on Tuesday, Nov. 3, showed the plan to put casinos in four Ohio cities leading, 68-32 percent statewide.
The results were posted just after polls closed at 7:30 p.m. and are believed to be from absentee ballots, according to Brunner’s office.
Issue 3 calls for casinos in Columbus, Cincinnati, Toledo and Cleveland.
