Saturday, May 06, 2006

Night of the long pencils

A council election which ended as a dead heat after two recounts was decided in bizarre way, the draw of a pencil.

When two recounts showed Keith Stammers and Judy Shardlow tied on 1,132 votes each, the returning officer asked each to choose a pencil, one short and one long.

Don't you just love democracy.

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