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New poll: 84 percent of Georgia voters want to decide casino issue themselves

The expansion at Harrah’s Cherokee created a total of 150,000 square feet, including 4,000 slots. Credit: Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort. HANDOUT PHOTO - NOT FOR RESALE AJC file

Credit: Jim Galloway

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The expansion at Harrah’s Cherokee created a total of 150,000 square feet, including 4,000 slots. Credit: Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort. HANDOUT PHOTO - NOT FOR RESALE AJC file
By Jim Galloway
Feb 3, 2016

Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment to allow casinos in Georgia are out with a fresh poll that says an overwhelming number of Georgia voters want to be able to settle the issue themselves. From the polling memo:

Even 84% of those who would vote "no" on the measure want Georgia voters rather than the legislature to decide the issue.

Before being placed on the November ballot, the measure first must achieve a two-thirds majority in both the House and Senate. Read the entire memo here:

About the Author

Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.

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