Too Late to Delay Vote Say Officials

Delegate John Doyle is trying to change the date that Jefferson County votes on the table games at Charles Town Races and Slots. Jefferson County, as well as the other four counties have chosen June 9th as the day they are going to hold the special election, and County Commissioners say it is too late to change the date.

The Jefferson County Commission decline Doyle’s request to change the date, stating that it had already been agreed upon with the track. They said that ballots were already being printed and the election was being organized – and it would cost a lot of people a lot of money to change it now. Doyle says that the tracks have 90 days to have the vote and he feels they are rushing it.

Officials say that if they wait the 90 days it will put the vote on July 4th which is completely inappropriate. Doyle suggested June 23rd, but the commission said no. One county elections official said that it might not be too late to change the date, but other officials say it would be too hard to change it now. They said that it would cause extra work for the county and that voters would be confused by the change.

Doyle said that the amount of time that they have given residents is not enough, and that they need to reexamine the date. The tracks say that the residents have weeks to figure out where they stand on the issue, and two more weeks past that date is not going to change anything. Many think Doyle is just trying to sabotage the election because he doesn’t want to see table games approved.

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