Section 9a.

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Summary: (Section repealed) Statewide alcohol prohibition

Election Date: November 5, 1918

Votes For Ratification: 463654

Votes Against Ratification: 437895

Percent for Ratification: 51%

Percent Against Ratification: 49%

Notes:

Amendment Source: Amherst Weekly News 10 24 1918

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No law shall be passed or be in effect prohibiting the sale, furnishing or giving away of intoxicating liquors operative in a subdivision of the state upon the option of the electors thereof, or upon any other contingency, which has force within a territory larger than a municipal corporation or a township outside of municipal corporations therein. All laws in contravention of the foregoing are hereby repealed.
Nor shall any law hereafter be passed prohibiting the sale, furnishing or giving away of intoxicating liquors throughout the state at large.

Summary: (New section) Provide home rule on the subject of intoxicating liquors

Election Date: November 3, 1914

Votes For Ratification: 559872

Votes Against Ratification: 547254

Percent for Ratification: 51%

Percent Against Ratification: 49%

Notes:

Amendment Source: The Galion Inquirer 10231914

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