Lansing – Citizen petition drives to expand casino gaming in Michigan and to give individuals the right to opt out of federal health care regulation failed to meet Monday’s deadline for submitting signatures to put the issues before voters in November.

Backers of two of the proposed constitutional amendments — one to authorize seven new casinos, the other to provide the health care opt-out — had told state election officials they hoped to turn in petitions by the deadline, a spokeswoman for Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land said Friday.

But apparently neither met the threshold of 380,126 signatures of registered voters, spokeswoman Kelly Chesney said Monday evening.

A representative of a third proposal, to authorize casinos at the state’s horse racing tracks, told state officials last week the drive had fallen short.

Absent further action by the Legislature to place more proposals before voters, the only two issues on the November ballot will be on whether to convene a state constitutional convention (which is mandated by law every 16 years) and a proposal to bar those convicted of felony crimes that violate the public trust from running for office for 20 years.

The latter proposal, inspired in part by the perjury conviction of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, was placed on the ballot by the Legislature.

Backers of the health care opt-out, who oppose new federal health care rules mandating individuals to acquire insurance, planned a rally at the state Capitol today to discuss their plans.

The health care amendment effort was hobbled from the outset by a lack of financial backing and a late start.

Organizer Wendy Day of Howell said the campaign raised less than $50,000 and relied entirely on the efforts of volunteer signature collectors.

“We knew it was going to be difficult,” said Day, a leader in the Tea Party movement in Michigan, “but we felt it was important to make the effort.”