Gehrke: 2020 could see a push to let voters decide on sale of full-strength beer and wine in groceries

Among those closely watching the fate of four initiative seeking voter approval this year is a group of retailers who may try to bring full-strength beer and even possibly wine sales to grocery stories through a 2020 ballot measure.

Discussions have been going on behind the scenes about a possible initiative effort patterned after a successful ballot measure in Oklahoma in 2016 that gave the green-light to wine and full-strength beer sales, according to several sources involved in the meetings, who spoke anonymously because efforts are still in the planning stages.