Monday, June 04, 2007

CANDIDATES ASKED HEADS OR TAILS

When the local elections on May 27th resulted in 66 votes each for the Partido Popular and PSOE candidates for mayor of the tiny village of Carataunas in Granada province, the locals decided to toss a coin for it last Friday. PSOE candidate José Daniel Vigil, a farmer, chose heads, and the PP's Salvador Rodriguez, also a farmer, chose tails. And tails won. Neither candidate was very happy with the method but the alternative would have been to hold another election and run the risk of another tie.

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