{"id":21288,"date":"2015-11-21T02:57:23","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T02:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/mississippi-state-election-settled-by-drawing\/"},"modified":"2015-11-21T02:56:50","modified_gmt":"2015-11-21T02:56:50","slug":"mississippi-state-election-settled-by-drawing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/mississippi-state-election-settled-by-drawing\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi state election settled by ‘drawing straws’"},"content":{"rendered":"

{A Democrat has won a Mississippi House race by drawing a longer straw, an official way to break a tie in a legislative election for the state.}<\/p>\n

Democrat Bo Eaton met Republican Mark Tullos to draw straws and Mr Tullos drew the shorter one.<\/p>\n

Mr Eaton’s fateful grasp of the longer straw gave him the victory, keeping Republicans from having a supermajority in the state house.<\/p>\n

Mr Tullos, not admitting defeat, filed an appeal on Friday.<\/p>\n

Mr Eaton, a farmer, was excited about his win.<\/p>\n

“There’s always happiness in a good crop year,” he said after winning.<\/p>\n

Mr Tullos apparently left the room quickly and did not show emotion.<\/p>\n

Mr Eaton, a 20-year incumbent, had said he did not approve of the straw-drawing, but he would accept the results.<\/p>\n

“Look, my life’s a gamble,” he said, according to the New York Times. “I’m a farmer. I depend on the weather and the rain. The statute’s clear, but my life is not.”<\/p>\n

Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant presided over the short straw-drawing ceremony.<\/p>\n

Each candidate had received 4,589 votes in the legislative election for the House seat.
\nNot uncommon<\/p>\n

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 24 states legally decide the outcome of tied legislative elections by drawing straws or flipping coins.<\/p>\n

Similar cases have happened in New Mexico and Alaska, using a coin toss.<\/p>\n

Connecticut decided in 2007 to eliminate chance games for breaking ties, a year after a coin toss determined a state house election.<\/p>\n

\"Mr<\/figure>\n

BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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