Portage County library levy passes by 66 in first tally, likely headed for recount

Signs in the lobby of the Aurora Memorial Library. Lyndsey Brennan/The Portager

Portage County library levy passes by 66 in first tally, likely headed for recount

- Ben Wolford , Lyndsey Brennan

By a razor-thin margin, voters approved a 1-mill levy to support the Portage County District Library, but the narrow tally will likely trigger an automatic recount that will decide the future of library programming.

The vote count was 9,912 to 9,846, according to unofficial results released Tuesday night. Local elections that end up inside a 0.5% margin trigger an automatic recount in Ohio.

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