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Maine: Citizen’s Initiative

Wed, 04/02/2008 - 14:22

Committee sends casino initiative to voters

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Dennis Bailey has his year’s work cut out for him, as another gambling referendum is coming up for vote this November. And this one’s a doozy.

Wednesday afternoon the Legislature’s Legal and Veteran’s Affairs Committee rejected the citizen’s referendum to bring a casino to Western Maine, sending it out to voters.

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Wed, 02/27/2008 - 18:23

Oxford County Casino project takes another step, CasinosNO! prepares for fight

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

The Oxford County Casino citizen’s initiative will move forward, the Secretary of State’s office determined today.

The office was able to confirm 59,504 of the 77,177 signatures collected. They needed 55,087. 17,673 were invalid for a number of reasons.

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