Filipino coin toss decides election

[alderman]

The BBC have reported the following :

"Two candidates in the Philippines who got the same number of votes in a local election have settled the issue of who won by tossing a coin.
Bryan Byrd Bellang and Benjamin Ngeteg tied for the last of eight council seats in Bontoc, a resort town some 280km (175 miles) north of Manila.

They agreed to the coin toss, set down in local election rules. Mr Bellang called heads and won the seat.

Crowds in the town hall clapped as the two men shook hands after the result. "

Could this be what we're in for ?

[St Disibod]

It is indeed how a tie in the Irish case would be settled- I don't know whether it has ever been used.

I'd be surprised if it hadn't.

It shouldn't really be that shocking a development- Filipino elections are notoriously corrupt. Voters hold out until the evening just to get the best offer for their votes. Even though it is secret ballot, it seems to hold. So, adopting Joe Kennedy's logic- and like the Kennedys dynasties are as big as corruption in the Philppines- they probably think along the lines of "Don't buy another vote, I won't pay for a landslide."

[KeithM]

The BBC have reported the following :

"Two candidates in the Philippines who got the same number of votes in a local election have settled the issue of who won by tossing a coin.
Bryan Byrd Bellang and Benjamin Ngeteg tied for the last of eight council seats in Bontoc, a resort town some 280km (175 miles) north of Manila.

They agreed to the coin toss, set down in local election rules. Mr Bellang called heads and won the seat.

Crowds in the town hall clapped as the two men shook hands after the result. "

Could this be what we're in for ?

If it came down to that then we're in for a FG led government, as they are clearly led by a first class tosser.

[trickpa]

cool

[Riadach]

Can you ask for a recount of a coin toss?

[trickpa]

yes from the tosser

[QuizMaster]

Yep, when all else fails, the winner is decided by "lot" if I remember correctly, which I think is the legal term for unspecified random selection.

They might want to draw the names out of a hat. Except no-one has any hats these days.

[super pedestrian]

Head's, Kenny becomes Taoiseach, Tails Bertie loses.... That Seems fair enough