Counties Split on Vote

West Virginia is having a day of voting for its residents – and it was supposed to be June 9th. Originally all four counties that will be voting on whether or not to legalize table games were going to hold their election on the same day – but due to missed deadlines that won’t be happening now.

In order to hold their elections on June 9th, all four counties had to meet their legal deadline for advertising the vote. Jefferson and Ohio made that deadline, but Kanawha and Hancock did not. Therefore, it looks as though there will now be two days of voting for the legalization of the table games.

They needed to have 30 days of advertisements announcing the election, and both counties missed the mark for the deadline and therefore need to postpone their elections. The ones that made their deadline are now looking at June 9th on their own, and the two that missed their deadlines are looking at June 30th.

It is up to the counties as to what they ultimately end up doing, because the way the law is written regarding the table games vote is unclear as to how it should be worked. There is also some confusion as to whether or not they have to start from scratch or if they can just postpone the election. The Secretary of State says it is up to the individual counties how they want to handle it.

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