A tie in a local election in Wisconsin was decided by a game of chance: heads or tails. Watch video of the tie-breaking flip.
A tie in a local election for the Village of Hortonville in Wisconsin was decided Tuesday by a game of chance: heads or tails .Watch video of the deciding coin toss in the player above.The race for village trustee had four candidates — Julie Arendt Vanden Heuvel , Therese Abitz , Shauna Keel and Dalton Davis — vying for three open seats .
Heuvel received 422 votes, Abitz received 405 votes, and Keel and Davis tied with 356 votes each.Per the State Statue 5.01, if two or more candidates receive the same amount of votes, the winner must be chosen by lot, meaning a random, unbiased method.The Village Board of Canvassers flipped a coin to settle the tie between Keel and Davis. Keel was given heads and Davis was given tails. The result was tails, electing Davis to the third position for village trustee. According to local news outlet WGBA, Davis said he voted for his competitor, Keel. 'Yeah, I even voted for her, just cause I know she did good last term,' Davis said.'It was a little disappointing to see that she didn’t get in, but it came to a coin toss, so I don’t know what else to tell you,' Davis said.
Julie Arendt Vanden Heuvel Shauna Keel Therese Abitz Village Board Of Canvassers Village Of Hortonville Wisconsin Election Wisconsin Village Coin Toss Deciding Coin Toss Election By Lot Election Result Election Tie Heads Or Tails Local Election Random Method State Statute 5.01(4) Three Open Seats Tie Vote Tied Vote Village Trustee Shnd Dalton Davis Tail Shauna Keel Head Tie Vote Wisconsin Election Coin Flip Village Therese Abitz Village Trustee Candidate Coin Toss Julie Arendt Vanden Heuvel Open Seat
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