In Legal Terms: Alcohol Awareness & Primary Election Day

It’s Alcohol Awareness Month. Our guests from the Mississippi Department of Revue, their Director of Public Relations and Communications, Tina Richardson and Riley Nelson, Chief of Enforcement Mississippi Alcoholic Beverage Control. We're talking about liquor sales, laws, taxes, and vendor questions. Oh and it’s primary election day!!I love a good website and DOR has one. dor.mo.gov from there you can click on ABC, titles and tags, cannabis – whatever you want answers about.Are you ready to vote today? If not, I’ve got some assistance for you. Yallvote.ms is the short cut to get tons of election information. They’ve got a “My Election Day” button to click to see where you vote, see a sample ballot, and see who your current office holders are. If you aren’t registered to vote . . . get yourself registered before May 5th so you CAN vote in the General Municipal Election, June 1st.Can alcoholic beverages be sold on election day? According to the FAQ page of the Department of Revenue’s ABC section: Sales of alcoholic beverages are not limited or restricted on election days. Local governments cannot restrict the sale of alcoholic beverages by package stores or on-premises ABC permittees on election days. Beer sales on election days may be restricted by a local ordinance.Office of Consumer Services can provide information about services offered by DMH and DMH certified community service providers. Information is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by calling the DMH Helpline at 1-877-210-8513. Receive information about mental health, IDD, and substance abuse services available in your area. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.