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Aug 28, 2008 2:53 pm US/Eastern

Lawsuit Seeks To Change Slots Referendum Wording

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ― Opponents of November's referendum on slot machine gambling have filed a lawsuit challenging the proposed constitutional amendment.

The lawsuit was filed in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court on Thursday by attorney Irwin Kramer. It also challenges ballot wording that opponents say conceals how state proceeds would be spent.

Under the proposal, about half of the money would go to education. Slot machine operators would get about 33 percent. Another 7 percent would go to horse racing purses.

But the ballot wording only mentions education funding. Kramer sought to invalidate last year's special session, which resulted in $1.4 billion in tax increases and the slots referendum.

Maryland's highest court threw out the Republican-supported lawsuit in March.

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