A Pope County anti-casino group is moving full steam ahead on a petition drive to place a proposed constitutional amendment on the state’s general election ballot next year that would remove the county as one of the locations for a casino.

The effort by the grassroots group Fair Play Arkansas continues despite an Arkansas Supreme Court ruling Thursday that reversed and dismissed a circuit court ruling that declared unconstitutional a commission rule and state law that required that letters of endorsements for casino licenses came from local officials in office at the time a license application was submitted.

The ruling essentially knocked out an application for the Pope County license from Mississippi casino operator Gulfside Casino Partnership and left Cherokee Nation Businesses as the sole contender.