Uruguay: After a Tie in the Vote, a Small Town Defined Its Mayor by Drawing Lots

An orange urn in which two envelopes were deposited with the names of each candidate: the National Party and the Colorado won 857 votes each.The Electoral Court authorities acted as guarantors of the instance that granted the mayor's office of San Bautista in Canelones, about 63 kilometers from Montevideo, to the candidate of the Colorado Party, Joaquín Farina.