LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Arkansas Supreme Court has denied the second part of an attempt to block a casino amendment from going before voters this November.
Passage of Amendment 2 would revoke the casino license for Pope County that was granted after Arkansas voters decided in 2018 to allow four casinos to be built around the state.
The state supreme court had earlier split the argument for the group looking to block the amendment into two counts, one addressing issues with signatures from paid canvassers and the other into issues with the measure’s popular name and ballot title.
The ruling released Thursday addressed the second issue that lawyer Jennifer McGill, the Arkansas Canvassing Compliance Committee and Cheroke Nation Entertainment brought in an attempt to keep the votes on the upcoming Amendment 2 from being tallied.
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