Vote to lower levy election threshold is winning in Washington state

Students across Washington state “are the real winners” in the apparent victory of a constitutional amendment to make it easier to pass school levies, the head of the state teachers union says. Mary Lindquist, president of the Washington Education Association, is confident the measure, which would let school district win approval of property tax levies with a simple majority of voters, will pass when all votes are counted. The question looked like it could fail on election night Nov. 6, but it has increased its relatively small but significant lead as more mail-in votes have been tallied. With about 1.5 million votes counted, 4204 was passing with 50.36 percent of the vote – about 11,200 ballots ahead – Wednesday evening.

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