lot of decisions to make in November.

Who will be the next president?

Many seats in Congress, dozens of judicial races and Illinois voters will also be asked some referendum questions.

But those are just advisory, according to the Chicago Board of Elections in the entire city, there is only one referendum question on the ballot that will have binding results and only a small sliver of the population will be voting on it.

Amanda, Mickey has the story.

>> So she milko restaurant in Ravenswood has been serving elevated Mexican dishes since 2018 fulfilling a dream of owners.

to hone and her husband.

>> But he does fly and see best.

Carnie Asada, the drink menus, though, is limited.

>> We R B Y O B scene.

You can bring your own bottle.

you can to spring wine beer or we have a freshly squeezed margarita mix that we make in-house and you can bring your own tequila.

>> That was fine for a while.

But with food prices making the profits gotten harder, so they decided to apply for a liquor license.

>> You make like 40% profit.

Of alcohol and non-food.

You're making like 10, 8%.

>> She says they jump through hoops to meet Chicago's criteria.

Background You have to get insurance and start paying for insurance as if you had a liquor license.

They passed the city inspection, but then e-mail from their lawyer.

>> That's when they learned they can't get a liquor license there in the 9th precincts of the 47th Ward.

And it is dry and has been since 19.

0, 7, Over here just across the street.

The tense precincts.

It's wet.

>> In fact, I've had couple of days cocktails at that very restaurant across the street.

>> It's not even the whole precinct, rather a portion of it dating back to more than a century ago, according to a paper written by a resident in 2019 Ravenswood residents petitioned to make the area a prohibition district more than 100 years ago amid a temperance movement in a bid to keep an amusement park from coming to the area arguing that neighborhoods that have already been invaded by these parks have become the resort's thieves and rowdies.

We do not care to have them in ravenswood this pocket of Chicago isn't alone, according to the city's elections board.

Chicago has 1291 precincts within them.

350 areas in Chicago are dry.

The sale of alcohol at retail not consuming alcohol in private your home.

But this kid believed to sell alcohol.

>> To the general public.

>> Former city Liquor Commissioner Gregory Steadman says he's seen modern movements to make a precinct dry.

And the only pattern that I ever recognize as areas of the city that seemed to have trouble some liquor establishments.

>> That were causing negative quality of life issues for communities.

Alternatively, dry areas can try to get a ban lifted.

That's hard work.

>> Those voters can do a petition now get 25% the registered voters to sign it submitted to the city city clerk's office under the timelines given have it reviewed.

And if it's a sufficient petition, it would go on the ballot for the general election to vote it wet.

>> That's the route.

So she milk goes.

Owners are taking and we have to go door to door collecting signatures from all registered voters.

How many doors that you Every door in the neighborhood.

How many?

I'm not sure how many doors, but there are 497 registered voters and we needed 150 to make it to about They succeeded, which is why voters in the area will see this question on their ballot.

>> A couple residents we talked to had no clue the area's try but had some thoughts.

>> I think businesses need all the help they can get because in my neighborhood, especially businesses have been closing left and right prohibition with ended 1933, >> so like it should.

And I mean, >> why didn't why is it happening 100 years later?

>> Which is why she says she'll vote no key in on the question.

It asks, sell the prohibition of the sale at retail of alcoholic liquor be continued as voters who want to reverse the ban should vote no.

>> Voting yes would keep the ban in place.

Not exactly caught and well dry.

For Chicago tonight.

I'm I'm indifferent.

>> So she milk owes co-owner Lucy ahead.

A home tells us no matter the outcome.

She says she's learned a lesson like a lot of people.

She's to gloss over questions on ballots and she'd ignore it.

When a stranger came to knock on her door, not anymore.

She says from here on out, she's paying attention and answering the door.

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