Ohio's top election official reports that some of November's elections had to be decided by random chance, after the recent official tabulations.
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose said, “In November, eighteen different local races in eighteen different counties ended in a tie, and any single, solitary voter would have made the difference in the outcome."
He said tied candidate races are ultimately decided by a coin flip administered by the county board of elections. But, issue races resulting in a tie are defeated, since Ohio law requires a majority of affirmative votes.
In or close to our broadcast areas:
- Pickaway County's Village of Williamsport EMS Levy Issues failed.
- In Brown County, Scott Null was officially elected to the Higginsport Village Council.
Under Ohio law, the tie is broken by the board of elections to determine the winner by flipping a coin or by other methods, such as drawing straws, picking a name written on paper out of a hat, or cutting cards.
While winners were declared in the races, since they were so close, a recount was performed.