Alaska state legislature election tied, will go into recount, then coin flip - Polidicks

https://www.adn.com/politics/alaska-legislature/2018/11/22/with-control-of-the-alaska-house-in-the-balance-fairbanks-race-is-tied/ It could come down to a coin toss: A race that may decide control of the Alaska House of Representatives is now tied. According to complete pre-recount figures released by the Alaska Division of Elections on Wednesday afternoon, Republican candidate Bart LeBon and Democratic candidate Kathryn Dodge have each earned 2,161 votes in the race for Alaska House District 1. Final certification of the election results is scheduled for Monday, Alaska Division of Elections spokeswoman Samantha Miller said, but the deadline for international absentee ballots to arrive in Fairbanks was Wednesday, and the elections office there concluded counting in the afternoon. The tie leaves control of the Alaska House of Representatives uncertain. If LeBon wins, a Republican-aligned caucus will control 21 seats, the minimum needed for a majority. Control of the majority allows a caucus to elect the speaker of the House and set the agenda for the two-year legislative term. “For the political world in Alaska, this is going to be an exciting week,” LeBon said. “If I lose, the House is going to be 20-20, and there’s going to have to be some serious reorganizing, decisions made by a number of folks.” In the 2017-2018 Legislature, control of the House rested with a 22-person coalition majority that included 17 Democrats, two independents and three Republicans. One of those Republicans, Paul Seaton of Homer, lost his race for re-election to Republican Sarah Vance after choosing to run as a Democratic-aligned nonpartisan candidate. One independent, Jason Grenn of Sand Lake, lost to Republican Sara Rasmussen. The review board is scheduled to audit additional absentee ballots Friday, meaning the result could change once more before the election is finalized Monday. LeBon and Dodge each said the audit will cover 552 ballots; division officials said about 600 will be involved. If the race is still tied after a recount (either candidate could also challenge the result in court), state law calls for the election to be decided with the flip of a coin. That last happened in 2006, when Democratic candidate Bryce Edgmon tied Republican candidate Carl Moses. Edgmon won the toss and the election, going on to become speaker of the House in 2017. The results of this year’s tie will decide whether he remains in that leadership role.

Why use a coin flip when you can ask this guy to help? https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/242634/f8909cac-e466-4b8f-b7e5-78c10596dc7d/image.png

Look at that white bastard, could see him sieg heiling from a mile away. I wouldn't trust him.

Fail to enact ranked choice voting, flip a coin instead https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/223911/0dc8d334-9f9b-4d17-882c-0e598b52de48/92d.jpg

A coin flip already decided control of the Virginia Assembly back in 2017.

the cracks are showing more and more.

Either we get a second "Government New Deal" that fucking fixes the issues that have plagued the US for two centuries, or the United States will devolve into authoritarianism. Simple as that

not quite that far but it seems like we need a new era of watergate reforms as well as state level reforms.

A fucking coin flip? Does a blindfolded judge stand on his bench and toss it into the air ?

Hey -- tails never fails

Place two candidates in an arena with him guarding the open door, whoever gets through the door wins, but only if his opponent has been mauled. The mauling is a sign that the bear does not approve of the candidate.

What happens when the coin no matter how many times they try always lands upright

Mr. Smith goes to Alaska

I like how a coin flip is seen as more fucking constitutional than having ranked choice to republicans.

If it comes down to the coin flip: Alaska Republican Party seeks to enact "heads we win, tails you lose" rule for House coin flip