It’s quite plausible that most Oklahoma polling places are opened within half a mile of some retail beer sales. A restaurant, night club, convenience store, grocer, or liquor store; are all granted licenses to freely sell on election days. But both the retail clerk and the patron are immediately committing criminal acts if a polling place is within half a mile (as the crow flies).
I guess it’s yet another way in which opioids and cannabis are regarded more favorably than a can of beer, in the Sooner State?
Even driving home from the grocery store and coming within 2640 ft. of a polling place could trigger your arrest?
§26-16-112. Intoxicating liquors.
Any person who takes intoxicating liquors of any kind or quantity to within one-half (½) mile of any polling place on an election day shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
Laws 1974, c. 153, § 16-112, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
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