Liquor-law battle heads for 2016 ballot

The November 2016 general election is nearly a year and a half away, but the presidential race already is in full swing — as is a campaign in Colorado that could be just as contentious.

Will grocery stores finally be able to sell full-strength beer, wine and spirits, as they can in most other states? Voters likely will get to decide.

The two sides of the question already have launched power-packed public-relations pushes in what is a clash of two huge economic forces unique to Colorado: a large population of consumers who moved here from other…