A three-Judge appellate court in Virginia tossed out Shelly Simonds’ one-vote victory over a 17-year Republican incumbent. It invalidated one ballot, where the voter checked both names. That left the vote a tie. The winner will be chosen randomly, like the toss of a coin.
The loser might appeal for another recount.
If Simonds wins, the House of Delegates would be 50-50. If she loses, the Republicans would cling to a 51-49 majority.

Why not rock, paper, scissors?
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Because that adds a third party, FLERP!
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Thumb wrestling?
Arm wrestling?
One hand of Texas Hold’em?
Beer Pong?
Darts?
Duel at 10 paces?
First one to solve a Soduku puzzle?
Das Boot? (see the movie Beerfest)
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Shelly Simonds would win arm wrestling, hands down!
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Why don’t they do like the federal government and let Facebook decide the election.
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I thought Twitter was the POTUS media drug of choice!
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Ask Putin to decide.
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Putin or Twitter
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Putin should decide. He was elected with 146% of the vote, so he knows a thing or two about how to decide an election.
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What a bummer–toss the coin?
Why not one more recount with the cost shared between the two and plenty of oversight of the recount.
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That’s the most logical solution.
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A coin toss? Really??? That’s sure the way to determine the wish of the voters. Not.
Why not just hold the election all over again?
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Wishes of the voters when did that matter .
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Well, there is that. {{Sigh}}
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BULLSH It invalidated one ballot,” where the voter checked both names”.
IF both names were “checked”, are we to believe Shelly got the initial nod
over the other “checked” candidate on THAT ballot?
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Something is NOT RIGHT.
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We do a coin toss for local races. We just had a tie for a township trustee in November. One of the candidates didn’t show up for the coin toss but it only requires one to choose heads to tails so they went on without her. She won 🙂
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Maybe they could have a pancake race like they do in Liberal, KS.
They run 415yds while flipping a pancake.
https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/liberal-pancake-race/18238
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