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Seminole Casinos Accused of Ballot Hacking
TALLAHASSEE, FL --
According to well-respected Sun-Sentinel reporter, Amy Driscoll, the case against the Seminole Indian Tribe of Florida and their wholly-owned casinos, is headed back to court. A nearly forgotten case that pits South Florida's slot machine casinos against anti-gambling forces has resurfaced in a Tallahassee court after dragging through the appeals process for months.
The lawsuit says a 2004 statewide vote that gave Broward and Miami-Dade counties the right to open slot-machine casinos was fraudulent. The 1st District Court of Appeal on May 7 sent the case back to its original Tallahassee court for trial. A new judge, Circuit Judge William L. Gary, has been assigned to the case. No trial date has been set yet.
Filed by a coalition of gambling foes -- including Floridians Against Expanded Gambling, the Humane Society of the United States and GREY2K, a group that opposes greyhound racing -- the suit accused pro-slots forces of filing a petition rife with fraudulent signatures to get the issue on the ballot in 2004.
Opponents of the new expansion of casino gambling in South Florida say gambling has increased crime, prostitution, and local bankrupticies. According to Herm Olsen, "If the vote had been legitimate, we would have never approved these damn casinos. They are ruining South Florida, a place that was once respectable."
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