The Charleston Post & Courier has published the results of a Mason-Dixon poll of likely South Carolina voters conducted October 19-20 regarding the state referendum on eliminating the minbottle requirement in the state constitution. (The South Carolina constitution currently requires that restaurants and bars serve liquor from 1.7 ounce minibottles instead of pouring from larger bottles.) The poll found that 44% were in favor of eliminating the minibottle requirement, 35% opposed and 21% undecided. The article states that the large numbers of undecideds "could spell trouble for the elimination of minibottles." The Post & Courier also published this article about the debate over getting rid of the minibottle requirements. The State paper has this article about the controversy over the name of a new group that has been formed to oppose the constitutional amendment.
I'm in favor of changing the requirement because I think the law is just plain silly. Why do we need a constitutional provision on the way liquor is poured in restaurants and bars? Unless I hear a good opposing reason between now and Election Day, I’ll be voting “Yes” to the following Constitutional Amendment Number One:
Must Section 1, Article VIII-A of the Constitution of this State, relating to the powers of the General Assembly pertaining to alcoholic liquors and beverages, be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to determine the size of containers in which alcoholic liquors or beverages are sold and to delete the provision requiring the sale of alcoholic liquors for consumption on the premises only in sealed containers of two ounces or less?
(For any non-lawyers out there, a "Yes" vote means you are in favor of liberating the bars in this state from having to serve liquor from minibottles.)
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