Election Day Blue Laws

[terpkristin]

Never would've thought of this, some states don't let you buy alcohol on Election Day.
Current Blue Law States - ProhibitionRepeal.com (http://www.prohibitionrepeal.com/legacy/hall.asp)

#3 Election Day Alcohol Sales Bans (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/)
7 States prohibit the sale of alcohol on state and national Election Days. This restriction is a relic of the Prohibition era when saloons sometimes served as polling stations. The only states that still cling to statewide Election Day sales bans of alcohol at restaurants, bars and package stores are Kentucky, Indiana and South Carolina. Utah and West Virginia still ban the sale of alcohol at package stores on Election Day. Alaska and Massachusetts also ban Election Day alcohol sales, except that local governments are authorized to provide an exemption from the ban

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[JonInMiddleGA]

I believe the Georgia restrictions (which are now determined on a local rather than statewide basis) are more an attempt to avoid vote buying via alcohol & voting-while-intoxicated than anything to do with prohibiton.

[terpkristin]

Yeah, I would imagine that the rationale for Election Day stuff is the voting-while-intoxicated stuff. Still, I usually do an election day party of some sort, wouldn't have thought of not being able to buy it. Then again, until a few years ago, the idea of buying beer and wine in a grocery store was foreign to me, too, so who am I to talk? ;)

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[Lathum]

yup, I'll never forget last year on election day I went to the casino in Indiana to play some cards and they had a sign p saying no alcohol would be sold before 6 PM

[JonInMiddleGA]

Then again, until a few years ago, the idea of buying beer and wine in a grocery store was foreign to me, too, so who am I to talk? ;)

Definitely don't mind me, I'm glad you brought it up because until you did I didn't realize the restrictions here were local instead of statewide (although I'd swear they used to be uniform). I'm positive the county I grew up in didn't allow sales on Election Day, nor did the one we lived in before moving here, so I think I just assumed it was a statewide thing.

Thanks to you I've covered my "learn something new every day" thing ;)

[AZSpeechCoach]

I usually vote better when I'm tanked. It takes the hurt away.