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Summary of Question 1
This proposed law would allow local licensing authorities to issue licenses for food stores to sell wine. The proposed law defines a "food store" as a retail vendor, such as a grocery store, supermarket, shop, club, outlet, or warehouse-type seller, that sells food to consumers to be eaten elsewhere (which must include meat, poultry, dairy products, eggs, fresh fruit and produce, and other specified items), and that may sell other items usually found in grocery stores. Holders of licenses to sell wine at food stores could sell wine either on its own or together with any other items they sell. The licensing authorities in any city or town of up to 5000 residents could issue up to 5 licenses for food stores to sell wine. In cities or towns of over 5000 residents, one additional license could be issued for each additional 5000 residents (or fraction of 5000). No person or business could hold more than 10% of the total number of the licenses that could be issued under the proposed law. Such licenses would not be counted when applying the laws that limit the number of other kinds of alcoholic beverage licenses that may be issued or held. Any applicant for a license would have to be approved by the state Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, and any individual applicant would have to be at least 21 years old and not have been convicted of a felony. In issuing any licenses for food stores to sell wine, local licensing authorities would have to use the same procedures that apply to other licenses for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages. Except where the proposed law has different terms, the same laws that apply to issuance, renewal, suspension and termination of licenses for retail sales of alcoholic beverages which are not to be consumed on the seller's premises, and that apply to the operations of holders of such licenses, would govern licenses to sell wine at food stores, and the operation of holders of such licenses. Local authorities could set fees for issuing and renewing such licenses.

2006 - Franklin County - Question 1Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 3, 2006?

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City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
11,737
15,462
1,603 28,802
Ashfield
 
450
411
25
886
Bernardston
 
285
413
219
917
Buckland
 
324
409
90
823
Charlemont
 
234
248
16
498
Colrain
 
266
348
17
631
Conway
 
433
504
34
971
Deerfield
 
974
1,259
128
2,361
Erving
 
236
269
31
536
Gill
 
260
378
30
668
Greenfield More »
 
2,502
3,551
413
6,466
Hawley
 
66
61
6
133
Heath
 
158
169
11
338
Leverett
 
367
545
34
946
Leyden
 
149
198
5
352
Monroe
 
20
21
1
42
Montague More »
 
1,293
1,797
94
3,184
New Salem
 
195
270
10
475
Northfield
 
535
699
69
1,303
Orange More »
 
921
1,273
135
2,329
Rowe
 
75
110
7
192
Shelburne
 
346
468
103
917
Shutesbury
 
421
523
29
973
Sunderland
 
623
637
57
1,317
Warwick
 
144
171
9
324
Wendell
 
138
271
13
422
Whately
 
322
459
17
798
County Totals
11,737
15,462
1,603 28,802