Voters set to decide on Sunday liquor store hours

TULSA — Voters in seven Oklahoma counties will decide next year whether to allow liquor stores to open on Sundays.

The measure will appear on ballots March 3, or "Super Tuesday" - the day for presidential primary votes in Oklahoma and other states.

In 2016, voters approved changes in statewide liquor laws to allow strong beer and wine in grocery and convenience stores on Sundays.

The changes did not address the ban on liquor stores opening on Sundays.

Commissioners in Tulsa, Creek and Washington counties had already scheduled March 3 votes on the question.

Oklahoma County commissioners voted 2-1 last Wednesday and met the deadline for the March 3 ballot.

In 2017, then-Gov. Mary Fallin signed a bill allowing retail package liquor stores to sell alcohol on Sunday on a county-option basis.