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Though many were sure the initiative would pass, Issue
3, seeking approval for slot machines in the state suffered a clear defeat
at the elections earlier in the month. And the slot machines aren’t the only
surprise decision by Ohio voters, Democrats were voted into the key seats.
For Ohio, the state that showed great support for voting President Bush into
office, they have now voted their first Democratic Governor in over ten
years, US Rep Ted Strickland.
The Issue 3 was pretty well known throughout the state and was one of the
more controversial issues facing Ohio voters at the polls this year. The
Learn and Earn campaign would have allowed 30 percent the revenue from slot
machines support higher education scholarships. Many of the parents approved
the slot machines purely for the support it would give to them as they tried
pay the rising tuition costs at the state’s public universities.
Some say that perhaps the reason the slot machines didn’t pass dealt with
the large amount of revenue that wasn’t going to the scholarship fund. Many
felt that giving only 30 percent was much too low considering the entire
reason for legalizing was reportedly for the scholarships. Beyond just those
negatives, like other states, Ohio feared that the number of gambling
addictions and the increase in crime were reason enough to not pass the
initiative, the negative effects just did not counter the positive. slot machines
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