{"id":15532,"date":"2018-10-12T19:58:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T19:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=15532"},"modified":"2018-10-12T20:46:42","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T20:46:42","slug":"arkansas-court-rightfully-leaves-casino-decision-up-to-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/arkansas-court-rightfully-leaves-casino-decision-up-to-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas Court Rightfully Leaves Casino Decision Up To Voters"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Arkansas Supreme Court<\/strong><\/a> made the wise decision this week to uphold democracy and keep a referendum on gambling expansion on the November midterm election<\/strong> ballot.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t really matter if you agree the Hot Springs horse track<\/strong> and West Memphis dog track<\/strong> with electronic gambling should be turned into full-fledged casinos. Or, if\u00a0you think two more casino licenses should be issued in the state\u2019s Jefferson and Pope counties.<\/p>\n

This issue is about whether or not voters should have the right to decide<\/strong> the state\u2019s fate in terms of gambling expansion. The state\u2019s highest court is now saying they should.<\/p>\n

An attack on democracy<\/h2>\n

Arkansas anti-gambling zealots<\/a>, made up mostly of conservative family and religious organizations, argue gambling has a negative effect<\/strong> on the communities it inhabits.<\/p>\n

They claim places with casinos have higher divorce rates, higher bankruptcy rates, more crime, and more people addicted to gambling, putting a further strain on social services.<\/p>\n

However, these groups haven\u2019t provided much proof<\/strong> of this. Nor have they used whatever proof they have to campaign against gambling expansion in the Natural State.<\/p>\n

Instead, they filed a pair of lawsuits<\/strong> claiming the wording of the question in the referendum is misleading and ambiguous. The groups\u2019 goal was to get the question removed<\/strong> from the ballot altogether.<\/p>\n

In other words, instead of convincing voters to say no to casino expansion in Arkansas, they tried to circumvent the referendum process<\/strong> to stop voters from having a say at all.<\/p>\n

It was a bold tactic that turned out to be more of an attack on democracy<\/strong> than casino gambling. In the end, it failed.<\/p>\n

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