Ohio Co. voters reject legalizing countywide alcohol sales
HARTFORD, Ky. (AP) – Ohio County voters have struck down a measure that would have legalized alcohol sales there countywide.
Media outlets report the vote Tuesday wrapped up a year of sometimes heated exchanges between groups for and against legal sales in Ohio County. Voters chose to maintain a dry status by about a 7 percent margin, or 339 votes.
Ohio County Clerk Bess Tichenor Ralph says voter turnout slightly more than 27 percent, almost half what she had predicted.
Beaver Dam, the county’s largest city, voted to allow alcohol sales on Feb. 2. The results of the two elections legally act independently of each other, and Beaver Dam will begin alcohol sales later this year.
State law stipulates that the issue of sales in the county cannot go on a ballot for another three years.
