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Coin toss to settle precinct races in Ada County

Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A hyperlocal GOP race in southwestern Idaho will be decided with a flip of a coin. Ada County Chief Deputy Clerk Phil McGrane says that votes were evenly split for precinct committeemen candidates Mark Johnson and Peggy Moyer in Tuesday's Republican primary election. According to Idaho law, this means a coin flip will be used to break the tie within about a week of the election. The coin toss will take place in front of the Ada County Clerk's office Monday afternoon in Boise. The last time a tie race was decided by coin toss in Ada County was in 2012.

UPDATE: It turns out there were actually two tied precinct races that had to be decided by coin tosses in Ada County today, both for Meridian precincts; Moyer and Rosemary Demond were the winners. McGrane told KTVB-TV that several precinct races were close in Ada County, with 16 coming within five votes.



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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