Democracy!!!
The insane race for the 94th district, that began with the Democratic candidate, Shelly Simonds, winning by a single vote on Dec. 19, ended with the Republican incumbent, Yancey, winning the election after his name was drawn out of a film canister placed in a ceramic bowl.
On Dec. 19, Simonds appeared to be the winner of the race after defeating Yancey by one vote.
On Dec. 20, after Yancey challenged a ballot he said went uncounted, a three-judge panel ruled that the single ballot was in fact a vote for him — making the race a TIE.
On Dec. 21, James Alcorn, the chairman of the Virginia State Board of Elections, announced that they would draw names to determine the winner of the race on Dec. 27.
However, the drawing was postponed after Simonds challenged the recount vote.
After consideration, the random draw was rescheduled for Jan. 4.
On Thursday, two slips of paper printed with the candidates' names were inserted into film canisters which were sealed and then shuffled in a ceramic bowl made by a local artist from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Alcorn picked out one of the canisters from the bowl, drew the slip of paper out, which happened to have Yancey's name on it, making him the winner of the race.
DEMOCRACY!
from BuzzFeed - USNews http://ift.tt/2CRY06c
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