FVRLibraries’ levy lid lift was passing in early election returns Tuesday night.

The measure was had 42,987 “yes” votes, or 52.84 percent, to 38,372 “no” votes, 47.16 percent, tallying the Tuesday night ballot counts from the Clark, Skamania, Klickitat and Cowlitz County elections offices.

In Clark County, 52.98 percent, or 39,208 voters approved the levy lid lift, and 47.02 percent or 34,804 voted against the measure. Klickitat County was also passing the levy lid lift, while it was failing in Cowlitz and Skamania counties.

A levy requires a simple majority to pass. Voter turnout for the primary is at 22.29 percent.

There are 15,000 more ballots to count in Clark County, the most populous county in the library district.

“As of this evening, the result of the library levy lid lift is

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