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The promise of latest jobs is raising interest in passing a plan to expand gambling in Ohio.
Unemployment in Ohio has soared above 10 percent. A decline in income-tax revenue has result in a battle over balancing the state budget that lingers nearly four months into the fiscal year. Casinos could raise nearly $1 billion for the government’s coffers.
The latest Ohio Newspaper poll, conducted by the Institute for Policy Research on the University of Cincinnati, found that 59 percent of registered voters support Issue 3 at the Nov. 3 ballot.
Some are worried that the passion won't translate into support on the polls, said Herb Asher, an emeritus political science professor at Ohio State University.
"What we have seen previously is that gambling issues do well early on within the campaign, after which all of these voices weigh in and support erodes very sharply," he said. "What you have got this year is the economy, the speculation of keeping dollars in-state, and the growing awareness that there is gambling throughout us having an impact."
This year's gambling referendum asks voters to amend the Ohio Constitution on such casino issues because the parcels on which casinos might be built; the right way to distribute a 33 percent casino tax to counties, cities, schools and gambling regulation and drug treatment services; and the $300 million in ongoing state license fees and minimum investments required for every facility.
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