A proposed constitutional amendment that will require voters’ approval for new casinos in Florida has secured the backing of majority of the Supreme Court (SC) justices.

Miami Herald reported that the Supreme Court was more divided when it sided in favor of the proposed amendment that give voters the “exclusive right to decide whether to authorize casino gambling.”

The SC vote was 4-2 with Chief Justice Jorge Labarga and Justices Barbara Pariente, Peggy Quince and Charles Canady in the majority. Those who dissented in the popular opinion were Justices Ricky Polston and R. Fred Lewis dissenting. Justice Alan Lawson, who joined the court at the end of December, did not take part.

In his dissenting opinion, Polston pointed out that the proposed constitutional amendment that will restrict the expansion of gambling in the state is misleading and violates the single-subject requirement.