Lawsuit challenges propriety of gambling ballot initiative

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 | 10:10 p.m. CDT; updated 11:26 a.m. CDT, Wednesday, October 29, 2008

JEFFERSON CITY — Rep. Ray Salva, D-Jackson County, and David Knight, a southeast Missouri businessman, have sued the offices of secretary of state and state auditor on the grounds that an electoral ballot issue contains multiple subjects, violating the single-subject provision in the state constitution.

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