Monday, January 17, 2011
Retailers Lobby To Repeal Election-Day Ban
WEST VIRGINIA....
According to a report issued by Secretary of State Natalie Tennant, the August 28th special election for U.S. Senator cost West Virginia liquor stores an estimated $1 million in lost sales, and the state lost $110,000 in liquor taxes. Tennant’s report covering the cost of the special election lists $1.34 million in indirect costs, including the lost liquor sales. Other costs included $207,476 in overtime pay for an election with a scant turnout of 12.28 percent. The state reimbursed counties more than $3.08 million for direct costs. West Virginia bars liquor sales on Sundays and election days, and the primary for the special Senate election occurred on a Saturday. Retailers have been lobbying through their West Virginia Spirits Council to repeal the election-day ban, which dates in various forms back to the state’s creation in 1863.
According to a report issued by Secretary of State Natalie Tennant, the August 28th special election for U.S. Senator cost West Virginia liquor stores an estimated $1 million in lost sales, and the state lost $110,000 in liquor taxes. Tennant’s report covering the cost of the special election lists $1.34 million in indirect costs, including the lost liquor sales. Other costs included $207,476 in overtime pay for an election with a scant turnout of 12.28 percent. The state reimbursed counties more than $3.08 million for direct costs. West Virginia bars liquor sales on Sundays and election days, and the primary for the special Senate election occurred on a Saturday. Retailers have been lobbying through their West Virginia Spirits Council to repeal the election-day ban, which dates in various forms back to the state’s creation in 1863.
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