Marshall County residents voted Tuesday to go ‘wet,’ approving alcohol sales throughout the northeast Alabama county.

The county has been the second-largest remaining in Alabama that is still considered somewhat “dry.” On Tuesday, voters were asked to make Marshall County completely “wet,” and to back a referendum that one state lawmaker says gets people “caught up to the 21st century.”

With 100% of the boxes in, Marshall County voters approved the referendum by a 73.78% to 26.22% margin.

Marshall County has five cities – Guntersville, Boaz, Albertville, Grant and Arab – that are wet. The referendum, pushed by the Marshall County Commission, now enables anyone anywhere within the county to sell liquor, under a regulatory watch by local or county governments.