In an era of invective and distrust, two California candidates turned a tie over to chance. By Jess Bidgood We know by now that America is a land of deep political division and heated red-on-blue, ...

GALT — In Galt, a deadlocked city council led to the two candidates participating in an unusual tiebreaker. The only rule, according to Galt City Clerk Tina Hubert, for the tiebreaker: "The longest ...

Bonnie Rodriguez, left, and Mathew Pratton, center, draw straws Tuesday as Galt police chief Brian Kalinowski selects the tiebreaker to decide Pratton the winner in the deadlocked Galt City Council ...

NEVER HAPPENED. THERE. AS THE SUN SETS ON A BUSY ELECTION SEASON, ONE RACE IN THE CITY OF GALT HAS COME DOWN TO THE WIRE. IT’S BEEN A WHIRLWIND. IT’S PRETTY CRAZY FOR IT TO COME DOWN TO THIS. MATTHEW ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A ranked choice ballot where numbers were crunched by a computer ended in a tie in a City Council race, so the contest will be decided with a low-tech solution — basically, ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Today, Mobile County made history, deciding two constable races with a tiebreaking election based on chance: the winner just had to pick the longer straw. Mobile County Probate ...

NEVER HAPPENED. THERE. AS THE SUN SETS ON A BUSY ELECTION SEASON, ONE RACE IN THE CITY OF GALT HAS COME DOWN TO THE WIRE. IT’S BEEN A WHIRLWIND. IT’S PRETTY CRAZY FOR IT TO COME DOWN TO THIS. MATTHEW ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A ranked choice ...