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Heads or tails? Coin flip decides tie in Wisconsin election
The Village Board of Canvassers used a coin flip after Dalton Davis and Shauna Keel finished tied at 356 votes each, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Dalton Davis secured a Village Board seat in Hortonville, Wisconsin, after a coin toss broke a 356-356 tie with Shauna Keel for the final trustee position.
- Four candidates vied for three trustee seats; Julie Arendt Vanden Heuvel received 422 votes and Therese Abitz received 405 votes, while Keel and Davis each received 356 votes.
- State Statue 5.01 mandates that if two or more candidates receive the same votes, the winner must be chosen by lot, a random, unbiased method officials applied in Hortonville.
- Davis revealed he voted for Keel, his competitor, stating, "Yeah, I even voted for her, just cause I know she did good last term." He expressed disappointment at her loss.
- The Village Board of Canvassers assigned heads to Keel and tails to Davis before flipping; the coin landed tails, granting Davis the third and final trustee position.
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