A levy to support the Grand Coulee Dam School District appeared to be passing with vote counts listed for the four counties in favor by 58.14 percent.

Passage of a school levy requires a simple majority of 50 percent plus one.

The replacement levy, which asked voters to approve an approximate $1.50 rate per thousand dollars of assessed property value, was approved in each of the counties: by 61 percent in Douglas County, 61-39 votes; by 55.79 percent in Grant County, 260-206; 56.89 percent in Lincoln County, 49-37; and by 61.92 percent in Okanogan County, 148-91.

Less certain is whether the election will be “validated.” State law requires that a minimum of 40 percent of the number of voters who voted in the last general election within the school district must cast a ballot for the election to be valid.

Superintendent Paul Turner, contacted Tuesday night, didn’t have those numbers in front of him. But the Grant County Auditor’s Office last week told The Star it would take 356 votes to validate in Grant County, where 466 votes were cast in Tuesday’s election.