From the ArcaMax Publishing, Weird News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/weirdnews/s-570778-949663
SPEARFISH, S.D. (UPI) -- The City Council of a small South Dakota town
resolved a tied 126-126 election as dictated by state law -- with a
game of chance.
David Baker won the Spearfish City Council seat formerly occupied by
Councilwoman Shawn Davis during a special meeting Tuesday night by
rolling the highest number with a die -- winning him the right to
choose whether to be the first to pull a marble from a hat -- and
pulling the white marble, CNN reported Wednesday.
"I opted that I would grab the marble," Baker said. "I figured I had a
50-50 chance of winning."
Officials in the town, which boasts a population of less than 10,000
people, said it has no ordinances for ties or runoff elections, so the
game of chance was played between the two candidates as called for by
state law.
Baker previously went through months of legal wrangling to certify the
tie with Davis after she challenged one of the ballots cast in his
name.