Nov 03
In Alaska, a school board election ended in a draw. There was a recount—still a draw. Hence, state law required that it be settled by lot. So, they tossed a coin to decide who won the election.
That’s not the weird bit; the weird bit is that the dead candidate won.
So they had the foresight to put in rules about what to do if two candidates got exactly the same number of votes—but forgot to mention anything about requiring that candidates be alive?
Tagged: Alaska, coin, election, news, recount, school board, state law, weird
November 11th, 2006 at 05:19 -0700
The poor woman must have died because of all the excitement, and her bad ticker. I can’t help but smile at this tragic news.
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