Dry sections of Pearl and Flowood may see liquor sales soon, as Gov. Haley Barbour signed a bill that precedes putting the issue to county voters.
According to WJTV, the U.S. Justice Department has to review the legislation, but if the department approves, and 20 percent of the county's eligible voters sign a petition, advocates of alcohol sales can put the issue to a referendum vote.
Once on a ballot, a simple majority vote would make alcohol sales legal in the historically dry county.
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