Lawsuit filed over gambling expansion vote count

A former Prince George’s County Council chairman has filed a lawsuit over how the results of the Maryland ballot question on expanded gambling will be counted.

Thomas Dernoga, a Democrat who represented the Laurel area for nine years and who filed the suit on behalf of eight plaintiffs who live near the proposed new casino site at National Harbor, is looking to clarify whether the gambling referendum requires a majority of actual voters or registered voters to pass.