This Minnesota mayoral race was a dead-even tie. So, they drew the winner’s name from a bag

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A four-vote lead is hardly a commanding margin, but the incumbent mayoral candidate in Spring Lake Park, Minnesota, appeared to have edged ahead as Election Day drew to a close.

A four-vote lead is hardly a commanding margin, but the incumbent mayoral candidate in Spring Lake Park, Minnesota, appeared to have edged ahead as election night drew to a close. By the following morning, though, his edge had vanished. The two candidates each achieved exactly 1,401 votes, leaving Dan Buchholtz, the Minneapolis suburb’s top election official, to navigate the meticulous procedures Minnesota law demands for tied races. The North Star State is one of at least 28 in the US that require some type of random drawing method to determine a winner when legislative races result in a tie, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

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