Colorado Amendment No. 7, Sale of Wine in Grocery Stores Initiative (1982)
| Colorado Amendment No. 7 | |
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| Topic Alcohol laws and Business regulations |
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| Type Initiated state statute |
Origin |
Colorado Amendment No. 7 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Colorado on November 2, 1982. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported allowing grocery stores to sell wine with up to 14% alcohol under the same restrictions as other alcohol retailers. |
A “no” vote opposed allowing grocery stores to sell wine with up to 14% alcohol under the same restrictions as other alcohol retailers. |
Election results
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Colorado Amendment No. 7 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 333,467 | 34.97% | ||
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620,190 | 65.03% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment No. 7 was as follows:
| “ | Shall grocery stores, after licensing, be permitted to sell wine containing not more than fourteen percent of alcohol by volume in sealed containers not to be consumed on the premises, subject to the same requirements of law concerning age of purchaser, and hours and days sold, as are applicable to other retailers of wine in sealed containers? | ” |
Path to the ballot
In Colorado, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for an initiated state statute.
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Footnotes
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