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Updated: 3:41 AM Aug 29, 2007
Go here for complete coverage and results of the Kanawha County table games issue. Posted: 5:36 PM Aug 11, 2007 6pm: Election Day Coverage 10pm: Election Night Coverage 11pm: Election Team Coverage |
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RESULTS:
175 out of 175 Precincts Reporting (100%)
YES: 22,544 Votes (50.04%)
NO: 22,511 Votes (49.96%)
According to the unofficial results from the Kanawha County Board of Elections, the table games issue has passed with Saturday's count, but more votes still need to be counted during the canvass.
After the final precinct turned in its count, the board of elections realized that 155 early ballots from 3 three precincts were not counted -- and they were supposed to be counted at the precincts along with Saturday's votes. These 155 ballots have now been counted and are included in the count above.
Kanawha County Clerk Vera McCormick says that more than 500 provisional votes still need to be counted. These will be counted during the vote canvass, where the election results are certified, on August 17th. After the completion of the canvass, anyone can ask for a recount within 48 hours. The cost for calling for a recount is $300.
WHAT IS A PROVISIONAL VOTE? According to McCormick, these votes are consider provisional, or contested:
- Vote casted by a voter at a precinct that is not his/her correct precinct.
- Vote cast by a voter at the correct precinct, but the voter had moved and didn't update his/her address with the board of elections.
- Vote cast by a poll worker who did not participate in early voting and voted where he/she worked, not his/her correct precinct.
McCormick says Saturday's election was the largest turnout for a special election in Kanawha County history.
WSAZ.com ELECTION NIGHT GAME PLAN:
1) ELECTION RESULTS: will be updated on this page as we get them from voters' registration in Charleston. WSAZ reporter Will Jones and photojournalist Chris Atkins are stationed there all night. Keep pressing "refresh" on your browser after the first set of results are posted.
2) LIVE VIDEO STREAM: starting at 9:45pm, we will offer a live feed video from Tri-State Racetrack in Nitro. This video is courtesy of Tri-State Racing.
The live feed is now over.
3) REACTION AT TRI-STATE: WSAZ reporter Paul Gessler and photojournalist Andrew Colegrove are covering the election night action at Tri-State Racetrack. Win or lose, they'll be bringing you live coverage at 10pm on MyZ Ten O'Clock News and at 11pm on NewsChannel 3 Tonight.
4) COMPLETE REACTION: See what both sides have to say about today's election results on MyZ Ten O'Clock News and NewsChannel 3 Tonight.
Prior WSAZ.com Coverage of the Table Games Issue
* Click here to watch a debate between Charleston Mayor Danny Jones and Reverend Dennis Sparks.
INFORMATION ABOUT TODAY'S ELECTION:
By: Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Kanawha County voters are going to the polls today to decide if poker, blackjack and other table games should be allowed at Tri-State Racetrack and Gaming Center.
County Clerk Vera McCormick says turnout has been high, particularly in areas near the Nitro track. Before the election, McCormick was expecting perhaps 25 percent turnout, but now she says it's likely to be higher.
The special election caps a multiyear campaign pitting the state's four tracks against antigambling.
The tracks' parent companies argue the new games will help them blunt competition from surrounding states. Slot casinos began opening in Pennsylvania late last year.
Kanawha is the fourth and final county to vote on table games.
Voters in Ohio County approved table games for Wheeling Island Racetrack and Gaming Center in June. And Hancock County voted in favor of table games for Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort in June as well.
Jefferson County, however, rejected the games for Penn National Gaming subsidiary Charles Town Races and Slots.
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It's a SAD day in Ohio that at present 6:35 AM, Nov. 5, 2008; that many people want to Gamble. It would be a good idea to trust in God for Family income. People will take a loan to pay gambline debts and end up their loans will own them. And the proposed jobs for Ohio will probably go to the illegal persons in U.S. and pay minimum wages, at best.
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Nope, Darren, you're the ignorant one. Most of those busses ARE from out of state. When we lived in Indiana my husband drove a charter bus and brought folks here regularly from Indiana. Another friend drives for a charter company in NC and also comes here often. I see busses in the lot every weekend from all over the eastern US. Very few from WV. Why should they? West Virginians can drive here. And that's better than having them drive (or ride busses) to other states to spend their gambling money as they have done in the past.
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