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Voters favor on-premise alcohol sales in Jacksonville, Sherwood

Voters in three currently "dry" areas of northern Pulaski County decided in special elections today whether to allow on-premise alcohol sales. The news for booze looked good.
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Prosecutor calls for State Police probe of voter registrations in Shady Grove

Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington of Jonesboro has asked the State Police to investigate potential irregularities in voter registration in a Greene County township with a wet-dry issue on the ballot.
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Judge disqualifies Randolph County alcohol sales initiative

Circuit Judge Phil Smith ruled today in Pocahontas that a petition drive to call a local option alcohol election in Randolph County had fallen short of the signature threshold. NEA Report has the full rundown.

Liquor stores go on the attack against alcohol sales amendment

Liquor stores, particularly county line liquor stores that profit from neighboring dry counties, hope to kill a statewide alcohol sales initiative in a challenge before the Arkansas Supreme Court. But they are already at work, too, with a campaign to persuade voters to oppose the constitutional amendment to end local option dry areas.
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County judges oppose alcohol sales amendment

Arkansas county judges have adopted a resolution in opposition to the proposed constitutional amendment that would legalize alcohol sales in all 75 Arkansas counties.

Liquor stores contribute $1.2 million to fight alcohol sales

If you didn't understand the specifics, you might find irony in the fact that Arkansas liquor stores have contributed $1.2 million — so far — to an effort to defeat a proposed constitutional amendment to allow retail alcohol sales in all 75 counties.
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Saline County local option question struck from ballot

I have a note that a Saline County circuit judge today removed a local option alcohol sales question from the ballot in Saline County.

Lawsuit challenges petitions for alcohol sales in Saline County

Three people have sued to challenge the certification of a retail alcohol sales question for the November ballot in Saline County.
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Booze UPDATE: Local option drives dropped in Faulkner and Craighead counties; Saline target met

A Walmart-funded campaign to put local option alcohol measures on three ballots is dropping its effort in Faulkner and Craighead counties, but hoping for a ballot spot in Saline County.

Polling the alcohol question — and the U.S. Senate race

New polling from the campaign to legalize alcohol sales in all 75 Arkansas counties shows support for the measure and, in an added question, a two-point lead for Mark Pryor in the race for U.S. Senate.
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Local option booze news

Today's the deadline for canvassers to turn in additional signatures to get local option alcohol sales measures on the ballot in Craighead and Saline Counties. A leader of a statewide alcohol option campaign also reports favorable poll numbers on the effort.

Minimum wage drive needs some 15,000 signatures

The drive to put a minimum wage increase on the November ballot is roughly 15,000 signatures short of the 62,507 signatures of registered voters necessary to qualify the initiated act for the ballot.
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