It’s a simple question: Are you in favor of the sale of alcoholic beverages in Warren County?

But the process of getting that question on the Nov. 6 ballot wasn’t so simple for those in favor of changing Warren County’s status from “moist” to “wet” through a local option election.

Proponents, many of them representing wedding and event venues in rural parts of the county and calling themselves Warren Countians for Economic Growth, worked tirelessly for three weeks to get the needed 12,300 signatures to put the question on the ballot.

A last-ditch electronic-signature push got the “wet” forces over the finish line Aug. 24, but they have been about as silent as a bar on Sunday morning since then.

But, with Election Day looming, that’s about to change.

“We were exhausted (after the signature drive),” said Angie Mosley of the Highland Stables event venue. “Now we’re trying to rally the troops in the last two or three weeks before the election.

“We have an ad coming out in the Daily News and some radio spots. We’ll have some yard signs too. We’re working on trying to get the word out.”

Event venues like Highland Stables and Elkins Grove – the Smiths Grove venue whose representative first filed the signature petition Aug. 1 – have a financial incentive for wanting countywide alcohol sales.

Not only do such rural venues lose out to the wet city of Bowling Green; they’re now facing growing competition from a bevy of neighboring counties that have voted in alcohol sales in recent years.

As Warren County Judge-Executive Mike Buchanon pointed out during the signature drive: “We believe that the people of Warren County have a fundamental right to decide and deserve to vote our county wet if they wish, to level the playing field to strengthen Warren County venues and help bring more business to our county.”

Mosley said the signature drive revealed support for going wet, and she likes the odds of the measure passing in November, but she doesn’t want to take any chances.

“I don’t want to feel overconfident,” she said. “It took a lot of work to get the amount of signatures we needed. I feel pretty good about our chances, but there’s still work to be done.”

One thing that concerns Mosley is the wet-dry vote’s place on the ballot.

“It’s the very last item on the ballot,” she said. “In some precincts, it’ll be on the back of the ballot.”

Warren County Clerk Lynette Yates said she thinks the wet-dry vote “is still a big issue,” but it’s overshadowed by high-profile races for seats in the state legislature and local races for sheriff and seats on the Bowling Green City Commission or Warren County Fiscal Court. It might also take a back seat to the Marsy’s Law constitutional amendment question on the ballot.

Marsy’s Law for All seeks to amend state constitutions that don’t offer protections to crime victims and, eventually, the U.S. Constitution to give victims of crime rights equal to those already afforded to the accused and convicted.

One thing the wet-dry vote doesn’t seem to be facing is strong local opposition. A few county residents have spoken out against the measure on social media, and the pastor of Bowling Green’s Lakeview Fellowship Church, Scott Bee, expressed his opposition during the signature drive.

But, unlike the pro-wet forces, the opposition to extending alcohol sales to the entire county hasn’t galvanized.

“I have not heard about any formal opposition,” Mosley said.