Quote:Candidates break tie with coin toss05/21/2007 | 01:13 PM
More Share MANILA, Philippines - Two candidates broke a rare tie in last week's elections by tossing a coin, officials said Sunday.
After a count of last Monday's ballots, local elections officials discovered that Bryan Byrd Bellang and Benjamin Ngeteg had tied for the final of eight seats on the council in Bontoc town in Mountain province, elections supervisor Mary Umaming said.
"I asked them if they wanted to break the tie by tossing a coin or drawing lots, and somebody in the crowd wondered if I was cracking a joke," Umaming told The Associated Press by telephone.
"I said those options were in the rules, and they agreed to flip a coin," she said.
Bellang, who chose heads, won the toss, which was held Tuesday in the local town hall.
The candidates then sealed the agreement with a handshake, and the crowd erupted with applause, Umaming said.
Provincial elections supervisor Dennis Dimalnat hailed the peaceful resolution of the tie in Bontoc as a refreshing example.
"I hope others would see the beauty of this kind of peaceful resolution," he told the AP.
The congressional and local elections last Monday were marred by widespread violence. Police initially reported that more than 130 people had been killed since January in election-related violence, but later lowered that toll to 41, saying they were investigating whether the other deaths were linked to the polls.
Bontoc, a resort town known for its mountainside rice terraces, is about 175 miles north of Manila. - AP
No need for links
Great examples.
Edit:
and I found the Link...
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/43276/candid...-coin-toss
On a side note: GMA7's archives are way more reliable than ABS-CBNs...
'Signatures are overrated.'
