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This week on "The State of Ohio": Lawmakers once again look at electing to change voting laws. Democrats hit back again against JobsOhio. And conservative activists who say they were targeted for extra scrutiny by the IRS speak out as they prepare to sue.
 

Ballot board allows casino owner's group to write arguments against fall casino issue.
By Bill Cohen - August 20, 2009
In the weeks before Ohio voters face issues on the statewide ballot, state government usually publishes and distributes arguments for and against the proposals. The last two times that the measures have dealt with gambling, anti-gambling activists have been allowed to write the "vote no" arguments, but not this November. Instead, elections officials on the Ohio Ballot Board are letting a group, backed by gambling casinos, write the official arguments against a casino ballot issue. It's confusing, but statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen explains.
Bill Cohen reports (1:42)


 
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