Opinion ID: 6109821
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Letter of Support

Text: Next, petitioner argues that the ballot title misleads voters into believing that local elected officials can approve or disapprove of casinos in their respective communities. Specifically, petitioner argues that the ballot title's description of the proposed amendment's requirement that applicants submit either a letter of support from the county judge or a resolution from the quorum court in the county where the casino would be located and, if the proposed casino is to be located within a city, a letter of support from the mayor of that city, may mislead voters into believing that local officials retain the power to approve or disapprove of a casino locating  in their community. We disagree. The ballot title does nothing more than accurately describe the proposed amendment's requirement that applicants for a casino license in Jefferson and Pope Counties obtain a letter of support before they may be issued a license. To the extent that petitioner argues that the term letter of support should be defined, we believe that most voters will understand the term without further explanation. Furthermore, not every term must be defined in the ballot title. Cox v. Martin, supra.