We’ve Got Ourselves a Wet County and It Only Took 78 Years

Well, actually, 78 and a half years. On this historic day, Saline County voters have turned in 21,325 for a wet county (54.22%) and 18,003 against a wet county (45.78%). There were passionate arguments on either side, but when it came down to the pure numbers, Issue 6 passed. Click here and scroll down the page to see the wording of the initiative.

Saline County went dry after a Special Election in February 1936. In October 1935, six local ministers gathered at First Baptist Church and decided to have a public meeting with the public to try to get it to a vote. The rules about getting something on a ballot must have been very different then, because it only took four months to get the vote and change the law. The following images are documents pertaining to the first meetings, the election announcement and the results.