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Unincorporated Sunday Alcohol Sales on Ballot

June 3 would be the earliest date in unincorporated Gwinnett to purchase liquor on Sunday if measure passes Tuesday.

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For awhile, you'll still have to go inside a city limits on Sunday to buy packaged alcohol if Gwinnett voters pass the Sunday sales measure Tuesday (March 6). The referendum is included on the Presidential Primary ballot.

A resolution passed last November by the Gwinnett County Board Of Commissioners designated June 1 as the start date for the Sunday sales. So Sunday, June 3, would be the first Sunday that retailers would be able to sell packaged alcohol in unincorporated areas of the county.

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If approved by a majority vote, the referendum would authorize retailers in Gwinnett, which already allows package sales of beer, wine and distilled spirits on other days, to sell alcoholic beverages from 12:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on Sundays. Stores could set their own hours within that time frame.

Duluth and many other Gwinnett cities have been allowing Sunday liquor sales since November when municipal elections were held and voters passed a referendum applying to sales inside city limits.

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Early voting began in February in Gwinnett, and Tuesday is the final day for votes to be cast. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Voters are expected to approve the Sunday sales provision.


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