Local election in Philippines breaks tie between candidates using good old-fashioned flip of a coin, proving that close elections don’t need to be unsolvable!

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Coin toss decides Philippine election contest

AFP – A coin toss has decided the lucky winner of mayor for a small Philippine town, after rival candidates were tied at the end of the vote count, an election official said Thursday. The dramatic conclusion to the contest for San Teodoro, a farming town of about 16,000 people in the central Philippines.