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To: The___________, County Election Commission
[Local Address]
[City Name], Tennessee [Zip Code]
PETITION
We, registered voters of the City of [City Name], Tennessee, do hereby request the holding of a local option election to authorize liquor by the drink as provided by law.
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NOTE: This petition must have the number of names equal to 10% of the people who voted in the most recent Gubernatorial election. If the county election commission receives the necessary petition requesting the referendum not less than 45 days before the date on which an election is scheduled to be held, except for referenda scheduled to be held with the regular November general election which shall be held pursuant to TCA 2-3-204, the county election commission shall include the referendum question contained in subsection (b) on the ballot. TCA 57-3-106 (c).
Links:
[1] https://www.mtas.tennessee.edu/kb-authors/darden-ron
[2] https://www.mtas.tennessee.edu/system/files/knowledgebase/reference/Liquor%20by%20the%20drink%20petition%202017.doc
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