November 26, 2006 09:12 PM UTC

Forget Elections - Flip a Coin

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• by: Colorado Pols

Maybe the Denver Election Commission could try a coin flip in the next election. As the Associated Press reports:

The town of Dacono will learn this week whether it has a new mayor.

A final count of election votes gave Mayor Wade Carlson a one-vote lead over challenger Larry Johnston. A recount will be conducted this week.

Should the race end in a tie state law requires that a winner be picked by a coin toss or some other game of chance. The town of 3,300 is about 30 miles north of Denver.

The story says that a winner could be picked “by a coin toss or some other game of chance.” A coin toss is so boring – what would be the best way to decide a winner? Paper, rock, scissors?