Learn and Earn was back in the news today with questions arising as to where all of their funding has come from. The group has submitted 624,625 signatures to get slot machines put on the ballot in November. However, with all of those signatures came some questions. Opponents want to know where the $1.9 million in revenue is coming from. They have already disclosed that there were seven racetrack owners that put in money, as well as two developers from Cleveland who each put in $355,000. They also said that not all of the money has been collected yet.

The problem is that the group told people that their income was coming from a group called the Ohio Legacy Fund, which is a nonprofit group set up last October. Because of its status it does not have to disclose financial arrangements, thus avoiding telling who was actually funding them – which to opponents sounds like a big run around to finance a political agenda somewhat illegally.

The group says that they have not done anything wrong, and that slot machines will end up on the ballot, all people have to do is see the number of signatures that have been collected. They feel that people really want this to pass. In the meantime, the Secretary of State’s office is responsible for verifying all of the signatures to see if they meet the required 322,899 to get the slot machine initiative on the ballot.

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