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Chris Dorst
For library levies, supermajority vote hard to get
WINFIELD, W.Va. -- If it were just a matter of more people wanting a library levy to pass than fail, the director of the Putnam County Library believes one already would have passed.
The levy needs 60 percent of voters to pass, though, and the county has failed four times recently to hit that mark. Sometimes, it's been agonizingly close.
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For library levies, supermajority vote hard to get
WINFIELD, W.Va. -- If it were just a matter of more people wanting a library levy to pass than fail, the director of the Putnam County Library believes one already would have passed.
The levy needs 60 percent of voters to pass, though, and the county has failed four times recently to hit that mark. Sometimes, it's been agonizingly close.
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