This story was updated Thursday, Oct. 17 at 2:47 p.m. to include comments from Local Voters in Charge and the Arkansas Canvassing Compliance Committee. Votes cast on a proposed ballot measure that would repeal a Pope County casino license and require countywide special elections for any new casinos built in Arkansas will count,

The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld the wording of a ballot measure that would revoke the license issued for a planned casino.

The Arkansas Supreme Court denied on Thursday the final charge in a lawsuit that sought to prevent votes for a casino ballot initiative from being counted in the November election, ensuring an amendment measure aimed at revoking the license for a casino in Pope County stays on the ballot.

The Arkansas Supreme Court has denied the second part of an attempt to block a casino amendment from going before voters this November.