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Booze sits on a shelf at Hillsboro Liquor, which opened in November 2015. The Oregon Supreme Court just approved the title of a possible ballot measure that would privatize liquor sales in the state.

(Jim Ryan/Staff)

Oregonians are one step closer to deciding this fall whether they want to buy liquor at the same places they already can grab a bottle of wine or six pack of beer.

The state Supreme Court on Thursday approved the title language of a November ballot proposal that would allow grocery stores to stock their shelves with distilled liquor across Oregon, where there are currently more places to buy legal recreational marijuana than a bottle of Jack Daniels.

Grocers behind the measure now have the go-ahead to begin gathering 88,100-plus required signatures by July, the final step to put Initiative 71, dubbed Oregonians for Competition, before voters this fall.

--Associated Press