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New poll: 84 percent of Georgia voters want to decide casino issue themselves
The expansion at Harrahs Cherokee created a total of 150,000 square feet, including 4,000 slots. Credit: Harrahs Cherokee Casino Resort. HANDOUT PHOTO - NOT FOR RESALE AJC file
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:
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Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.
