Definitions for local option
lo·cal op·tion

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1. local optionnoun

   freedom of a local government to determine by popular vote the applicability of a controversial law in their jurisdiction

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1. local option

   A local option is a policy that allows voters situated in a specific geographic region, such as a city, county, or state, to decide on issues or adopt regulations that apply exclusively to their jurisdiction. This could relate to matters like sales tax, liquor laws, gambling, or other community regulations. This process respects the principle of local control and the power of local communities to self-govern within certain limits.

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1. Local option

   A local option is the ability of local political jurisdictions, typically counties or municipalities, to allow decisions on certain controversial issues based on popular vote within their borders. In practice, it usually relates to the issue of alcoholic beverage sales. As described by an encyclopedia in 1907, local option is the "license granted to the inhabitants of a district to extinguish or reduce the sale of intoxicants in their midst." while a 1911 Encyclopædia describes it as "specifically used in politics of the power given to the electorate of a particular district to choose whether licences for the sale of intoxicating liquor should be granted or not. This form of "local option" has been also and more rightly termed "local veto." Local option regarding alcohol was first used in the temperance movement as a means to bring about prohibition gradually. The Anti-Saloon League initially decided to use local option as the mechanism to bring about nation-wide prohibition. Its intent was to work across the country at the local level. In many instances, however, this was not the agenda. For instance, several wards in Ontario, Canada, passed local option but were vehemently against province-wide prohibition, preferring to isolate alcohol sales rather than ban them altogether. This is particularly evident in Toronto's Junction neighbourhood, part of which remained notoriously dry as late as 2000, the last area of Ontario to repeal prohibition.

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1. Local Option

   licence granted to the inhabitants of a district to extinguish or reduce the sale of intoxicants in their midst.

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1. • Self-government

How to pronounce local option?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of local option in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of local option in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=local option
4. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#LocalOption