One candidate said the process to break a tie was “not the way I would have preferred to have done it” and “really weird”
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- Spring Lake Part, in the suburbs of Minneapolis, had to resort to an unusual method to resolve a tie in its mayor’s race
- Law dictates that the winner of a tied election must be decided by drawing lots — like a name out of a bag
- A city council member was tasked with the selection process as incumbent Robert Nelson and challenger Halyn Roth observed
A city in the suburbs of Minneapolis had to pull a name from a bag to decide its next mayor after the election last week ended in a tie.
Incumbent Robert Nelson and challenger Halyn Roth gathered at a Spring Lake Park city council meeting on Monday, Nov. 9, to observe as a council member, Barbara Goodboe-Bisschoff, picked a film canister out of a bag that ultimately contained Nelson’s name…