Days before Friday's celebrations, officials in several Mexican cities-- including the capital-- announced they would remove the ban on alcoholic beverages as a test to see if Mexico can do without its so-called " Ley Seca, " or Dry Law.
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From midnight Friday to 10 a . m . Monday, alcohol sales are banned in Mexico under " La Ley Seca, " or the dry law, which is intended to ensure public order and prevent rowdiness as people head to the polls.
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In preparing for the storm, Rossello took the unusual step of declaring a " dry law " for Puerto Rico, prohibiting restaurants and bars from selling alcohol from 6 : 00 p . m . on Friday through midnight on Sunday after receiving reports of drinking in public.
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However, the issue with which she most identified was Prohibition, and throughout her legislative career, she defended Washington s bone dry law . Her final major cause, and the one which defeated her attempt at a third term, was elimination of the wasteful and inefficient township system of county government, dear to the hearts of her rural constituents in Spokane County.
