More Signatures Needed for Slot Machine Ban

They may not have gotten enough signatures this time around to get the slot machine referendum on the ballot, but they are not done trying. The group No Slots for ME! said that they are aware that they fell short of the amount needed for November’s ballot, but they are going to try for next year instead. They say slot machines should not be legalized, and they want it changed.

The activist group was just short of the number of signatures they needed to make the slot machine referendum official. They needed a little over 55,000, but the group did not say exactly how short they were. They are trying to stop any new slot machines from coming into the state, and close down the slot machines at Hollywood Slots in Bangor.

The Secretary of State said that the Passamaquoddy Tribe did succeed in their petition to get slot machines in Washington County. There are also others who would like to see slot machines come into Oxford County, and are hoping to get their referendum for a casino in the 2008 election.

Not that slot machines are the only thing on residents’ minds – Don Christen is trying to get marijuana legalized as well. However, he does not know if he as enough signatures to get it on the ballot this November.

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