lookwhaticando Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 Coin toss decides Philippine poll Two candidates in the Philippines who got the same number of votes in a local election have settled the issue of who won by tossing a coin. Bryan Byrd Bellang and Benjamin Ngeteg tied for the last of eight council seats in Bontoc, a resort town some 280km (175 miles) north of Manila. They agreed to the coin toss, set down in local election rules. Mr Bellang called heads and won the seat. Crowds in the town hall clapped as the two men shook hands after the result. [...] Full Story at the BBC.
Milky Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 surely best of 3, or 5. Or they take it in turns to guess in a sudden death scenario.
stez Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 i think a local seat in this country was decided by a coin toss at the last set of local elections a couple of weeks ago. i'll be back, when i've found it
lookwhaticando Posted 20 May 2007 Author Posted 20 May 2007 HaHa! :laugh: Clearly, our democracy leads the way and sets an example to the rest of the world.
James. Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 To be fair if they have received exactly the same amount of votes surely the democratic thing to do IS a coin toss? Maybe I'm not thinking this through enough!
Brainy Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 Maybe I'm not thinking this through enough! Thats unlike you, Jimbo
FilboFox Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 Blimey... surely there must be a better way than that. Better make sure that something is thought up in case that should ever happen in a general election here! Not likely but hey... Can you imagine Brown vs. Cameron in a coin tossing play-off!
lookwhaticando Posted 20 May 2007 Author Posted 20 May 2007 Jesus! And some people moaned about Biscuit Wars At least this election lark wasn't rigged.
Mort Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 Happened in Castle Ward (Clarendon Park - City Centre - etc..) at the local elections in the city four years ago, Greens and Labour were tied... Labour candidate Cllr Kitterick won, the other week the Greens went and won two seats in that ward by clear margins while Kitterick retained his seat (the two cllr who won their seats by clear margins four years ago both lost this time around... which struck me as ironic).
Micky Ruddle Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 My Mother's home land. Well whatvere happens i hope the President Gloria M. Arroyo resigns. Very unpopular woman. (From what my Auntie over there says)
lookwhaticando Posted 20 May 2007 Author Posted 20 May 2007 which one? Lincolnshire. Didn't you know they declared their independence from the rest of Britain? They didn't want to be associated with shit sausages from Cumberland.
stez Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 Lincolnshire.Didn't you know they declared their independence from the rest of Britain? They didn't want to be associated with shit sausages from Cumberland. lincolnshire IS the country! we'll be having non of your bloody towns or cities here my friend! we may have to invade cumberland for their sausages
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