WISCONSIN ELECTIONS: Voters reject casino - 2004-02-18
Dane County voters said no to a proposal Tuesday to permit the Ho-Chunk Nation to transform its Madison bingo hall into a full-blown Las Vegas-style casino.
The vote was nonbinding because only the governor has the power to authorize casinos in Wisconsin. Gov. Jim Doyle has said repeatedly he would abide by the results of Tuesday's referendum.
With 182 of 203 precincts reporting, 85,951 people, or 65 percent, voted against the casino, while 46,974 people, or 35 percent voted for it, according to unofficial returns.
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