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Jehovah's Witness doesn't vote, so she can't get liquor licenseLINCOLN — A Kimball, Neb., woman is willing to serve piña coladas without rum at her new island-themed restaurant rather than comply with a little-known state requirement to be a registered voter to hold a liquor license.
The conflict will go before the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission on Thursday.Hobe Rupe, the commission's executive director, said it's the first time he can remember such a religious twist confronting the three-member board.Rupe said the voter-registration requirement was adopted as a means of determining whether a liquor license applicant was a bona fide Nebraska resident.Such residency requirements harken back to pre-Prohibition days, he said, when out-of-state breweries owned many saloons. Nebraska liquor rules now require at least a manager to be a state resident.
Nebraska's rules include more than the voter registration hurdle to qualify for a liquor license: If you own any vehicles, for example, at least one must be registered in Nebraska.And applicants must fulfill at least two of the following requirements: own or rent property in the state, have a Nebraska mailing address, “actually reside†in the state, or use a Nebraska address on tax returns.Brown, whose family owns rental property in Kimball, is asking the state liquor board to waive the voter requirement. She has submitted a letter from a church elder to back up her stance on the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses.Rupe, the state official, said he expects that the board will grant a waiver, based on other proof that Brown is a Nebraska resident.
http://www.omaha.com/article/20120613/NEWS01/706139915#jehovah-s-witness-doesn-t-vote-so-she-can-t-get-liquor-licenseOh my.
