(August 22, 2014) Jackson TN --
Voters will decide the question of whether or not you will be able to buy wine in grocery stores.
Kroger grocery stores in Jackson held petition drives to get the question on the November 4 ballot. According to Kim Buckley, of the Madison County Election Commission, petitioners reached the required number of 1,682 signatures with more than enough to spare. The deadline was close of business Thursday. Buckley's office counted 1730 signatures. Voters will cast ballots "for or against" to the question "For legal sale of wine at retail food stores (or) Against legal sale of wine at retail food stores" About 60 communities have collected enough signatures to place a referendum for supermarket wine sales on the November ballot Currently, wine can only be sold in liquor stores. But a state law that passed this year will allow it to be sold by grocery and convenience stores starting in July 2016 if citizens vote to approve the change.
