Result of election
When a city holds a vote on whether to allow strong alcohol sales by the drink, the result decides what happens next. If most votes say YES, strong alcohol can be sold by the drink at bars and restaurants under the normal liquor laws. If most votes say NO, the city posts the result in a newspaper once a week for four weeks, and after that last posting, no new licenses to sell strong alcohol by the drink can be given out. Any licenses that existed before the vote was requested can finish out their time but cannot be renewed. Any voter in that city can challenge the election results the same way election results for county officers can be challenged.
311.140. Result of — favorable vote. — If a majority of the votes cast on the question be for the sale of , containing alcohol in excess of five percent , where sold, such may be sold under the of existing laws regulating the sale thereof and the procuring of a for that purpose; and if a majority of the votes cast on the question be against the sale of intoxicating liquor, containing alcohol in excess of five percent by weight, by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises where sold, the , city council or other proper authorities of such incorporated city submitting the question shall publish the result once a week for four weeks in the same newspaper in which the notice of of the question was published, and the provisions of this chapter shall take effect and be in force from and after the date of the last insertion of the last above referred to; and provided further, that no license to sell intoxicating liquor, by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises where sold, other than containing not to exceed five percent of alcohol by weight, shall be granted during the time of publication last above mentioned; provided further, that this law shall not be to interfere with any license issued before the date of the of the for the submission of the question, but such license may until the date of its expiration and shall not be renewed. The election in this chapter provided for, and the result thereof, may be ed in the same manner as is now provided for by law for the contest of elections of county officers in this state, by any voter of such incorporated city in which said election shall be held, by an to contest, and which shall be brought against the city holding such election.
(RSMo 1939 § 4938, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
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