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In the small American farm town of Albion in the north Idaho recently elected a new mayor. The final stage of the election went very unusual – a dollar coin was thrown in As a result, one of the two final candidates took the place the mayor. This was done because both officials scored the same number of votes, which has never been here before happened.
In total, two hundred and seventy currently live in Albion. human. Candidates for mayor Don Bowden and John Davis scored sixty votes, which led everyone to confusion: who should sit in the chair of the city manager? At first they wanted to resolve the contradiction by holding new elections, already between the two remaining applicants for the mayor’s bridge, however the local archivist found a copy of a document drawn up yet founding of the state, and it meant that in such a case it was necessary throw a coin, that is, the choice of the mayor is trusted by chance. So they did in the municipal center of Albion. As a result toss of the coin was defeated by the incumbent mayor Don Bowden, who preferred to be represented by the tails of the dollar.
Bowden shared with local media: “It’s awesome.” happening. I would even say a historic moment for our state. we found out on the Internet that in Idaho tossing coins for mayor resorted only once. This happened in 1898 in Rosefield. In other words, according to information on the World Wide Web, we became the second who had to resort to this procedure. All the city came to see how they throw a coin. Now let not they say that legislation is uninteresting. ”
John Davis, who lost the election, was also pleased with them. By According to the official, Americans should trust their fate more often, which, unlike people, never makes mistakes. “Decisive the vote in the election went to chance. It is truly outstanding event, “said Davis.
Reporters report that the silver dollar used to choice of the mayor, was solemnly placed under glass and installed in the city hall building. The city’s authorities ordered that from now on, if in Albion you suddenly need to choose ruling a city in such an unusual way, a coin follows throw the same and no other. So local residents were present at the birth of a new urban custom.
