Tied Ohio’s mayoral election: draw of the cards

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NEWARK, Ohio (AP) — A central Ohio community’s mayoral racecould be decided by a drawing from a
deck of cards if the tie betweentwo candidates holds during a recount set for next week.ChadWaters was
declared the winner of the Hanover mayoral race this weekwhen he drew a nine of diamonds from the deck to
beat the five of spadespulled by Nicole Gieseler, The Advocate newspaper in Newark(http://ohne.ws/Ifu7Pn) reported.The county’s official
tallyafter the general election had the two tied with 104 votes apiece onceprovisional and absentee ballots
were counted. A winner has to bedeclared before a recount under state law, said Sue Penick, director ofthe
Licking County Board of Elections.Officials opted for the card drawing instead of a coin toss, the other
option permitted by law."We felt that was the most fair way," said Mary Ann Lollo, who leads the
board.Gieselersaid she doesn’t plan to withdraw before the recount and believesWaters will do a good job if
the position becomes his."I’m at total peace with the decision," said Gieseler, a preschool
teacher and daughter of a former mayor.Waters,who runs a golf store in Heath, said he’ll seek to consult
hisopponent’s if his first bid for public office turns out to besuccessful. But, he said, he’s awaiting the
recount first.___Information from: The Advocate, http://www.newarkadvocate.comCopyright 2013 The
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