Abrams has expressed support for legalizing sports betting and Las Vegas-style resort casinos. She’s run campaign ads highlighting Kemp’s opposition to gaming expansion.<\/p>\n
During an August stump speech, Abrams said it’s time for Georgia to legalize new forms of gambling to better support public education. Proceeds from the Georgia Lottery primarily benefit the state’s HOPE (Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally) Scholarship program.<\/p>\n
Abrams also supports lowering the minimum eligibility grade requirement to a “C” level for students to qualify for scholarships.<\/p>\n
Though some in his party are considering lending their backing to gaming, Kemp hasn’t yet said if he believes sports betting and casinos might be in the state’s best interest. Kemp says it really doesn’t matter what he or any other elected state official thinks when it comes to gaming expansion.<\/p>\n
\nIt takes a constitutional amendment. It doesn’t really matter what the governor thinks. You can’t veto a constitutional amendment,” Kemp said in August.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nTo force a constitutional amendment, a bill must be passed with two-thirds support in both the state House and Senate. Only a simple majority support of voters is required to pass a ballot referendum.<\/p>\n
Kemp might be correct in saying the governor cannot singlehandedly decide the future of gaming in Georgia. But, the 236 elections next month to determine who sits in the state’s 56 Senate and 180 House seats will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The 2022 midterms will determine the power of Congress. But in Georgia, the November 8 outcomes will also establish who serves the state in its top government positions. Georgians next month will elect a governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and an entirely new state legislature. All of the state’s US House of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":237602,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83553,13,61],"tags":[82690,82457,82289,83163,80968],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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