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Summary of actions and votes by senators
and delegates to kill this bill.

Please make a call to these men and women and express your pleasure or displeasure with their vote on this important legislation.

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If they voted for this bill in their committee, regardless of their vote on the House or Senate floor, they cast a vote for the expansion of gambling in West Virginia, as their vote could have helped kill the bill in their respective committees.

The following senators voted for the bill in their committee and on the Senate floor, even though they stated on our Family Values Questionnaire or our Gambling Pledge, that they were against the expansion of gambling with table games. Click Here to see how your senator voted on the Senate floor vote.

Fayette County Shirley Love 357-7849
Jackson County Karen Facemyer 357-7855
(These two Senators voted for gambling in both their committee and on the Senate floor.)

Pocahontas County Walt Helmick* 357-7980
Preston County Dave Sypolt* 357-7914
Wayne County Robert Plymale* 357-7805
(* These men cast a vote for gambling either in their committe or on the Senate floor and then cast a vote against gambling in either their committee or on the Senate floor.)

**** Senator Prezioso offered an amendment to the bill to allow all West Virginians to have a vote on this bill. His amendment was voted down. Click Here to see which Senators did not want to give you the right to vote on this important.

History of votes cast by legislators on the Gambling Bill

Senators' Roll Call Vote on the Senate floor on Gambling Bill
(HB-2718)
Senators voted on the Senate floor Wednesday in favor of HB-2718 Table Games bill, which would allow the state's four racetracks to seek their county's approval to offer table games. The final vote was 20 Yea, 13 Nay and 1 Absent. Click Here to see how your senator voted.

Senators' Roll Call Vote in the Finance Committee on Gambling Bill (HB-2718)
Voting against this bill were: Senators Boley, Guills, Prezioso, Sprouse, Unger and Sypolt. Click Here to see how your senator voted.

Voting for this bill in the Finance Committee were: Senators Facemeyer, Love, Plymale and Helmick. These senators committed to WV Family Foundation, on our Family Values Questionnaire or our Gambling Pledge, that they were against expansion of gambling with table games. They did not honor their commitment to WV Family Foundation with their gambling vote.

Senators' Roll Call Vote on an amendment to allow all WV voters to vote on the Table Games bill.
This committee amendment would have allowed voters to decide if the state should allow table gambles in West Virginia. Click Here to see the vote on the amendment.

Senate Judiciary Roll Call Vote by members was not requested. No record of votes will be available from this committee.

Delegates' Roll Call Vote on the House floor on Gambling Bill
(HB-2718)
House Delegates voted on the House floor Friday in favor of an amended version of HB-2718 Table Games bill, which would allow the state's four racetracks to seek their county's approval to offer table games. The final vote was 55 Yea and 42 Nay with 2 delegates absent. An "X" on the attached roll call form denotes that Delegate Eustace Frederick, D-Mercer, was absent but asked that his vote be recorded as a "Nay" vote.
Click Here to see how your Delegate voted from the House floor.

Delegates' Roll Call Vote in Judiciary Committee on Gambling Bill (HB-2718)
Judiciary Committee delegates voted Thursday night in favor of allowing casino-style table games gambling at the state’s four racetracks. The final vote for HB-2718 was 14-11. Click Here to see how your Delegate voted.

Delegates' Roll Call Vote in Finance Committee on Gambling Bill
(HB-2718)
Finance Committee delegates voted Monday afternoon in favor of the bill 16 to 9. It will now come before the entire House for final debate and vote. Click Here to see how your Delegate voted.

Information on the impact of this bill:
The bill allows only voters in just four counties, not all WV voters, to decide to legalize table games gambling in their counties. These four counties
already depend heavily on racetracks for their income. It is evident that those who support table games gambling in West Virginia realize their odds for success are greatly enhanced by allowing only a county vote, instead of allowing all West Virginia voters to vote on this important issue. Once these four counties vote and approve table games we will see the gambling industry back to the legislature next year wanting additional gambling sites. It will never end until WV is broke, along with many of its citizens.

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