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Nueva Vizcaya town resolves election tie with coin toss
Nueva Vizcaya town resolves election tie with coin toss
Mina Trinidad,
ABS-CBN News
Published May 13, 2025 03:53 PM PHT
MANILA -- The municipal board of canvassers (MBOC) in Solano, Nueva Vizcaya resolved late Monday a tie in the race for senior municipal councilor with a coin toss.
MANILA -- The municipal board of canvassers (MBOC) in Solano, Nueva Vizcaya resolved late Monday a tie in the race for senior municipal councilor with a coin toss.
Clifford Tito, an optometrist, and Thomas Dave Santos, a business, garnered the highest number of votes for the post, with each candidate receiving 1,351 votes during Monday's midterm election. Both candidates ran for the position for the first time.
Clifford Tito, an optometrist, and Thomas Dave Santos, a business, garnered the highest number of votes for the post, with each candidate receiving 1,351 votes during Monday's midterm election. Both candidates ran for the position for the first time.
The MBOC venue was filled with cheers and excitement as the two municipal-elects bantered over who should give way, until it was decided that a coin toss would settle the matter.
The MBOC venue was filled with cheers and excitement as the two municipal-elects bantered over who should give way, until it was decided that a coin toss would settle the matter.
A tie in the elections can be settled by "drawing of lots," though coin tosses are also acceptable, according to the Commission on Elections.
A tie in the elections can be settled by "drawing of lots," though coin tosses are also acceptable, according to the Commission on Elections.
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In the end, Santos, 27, won through the toss coin.
In the end, Santos, 27, won through the toss coin.
Santos is the youngest municipal councilor of Solano, besting 21 other candidates for the highest post.
Santos is the youngest municipal councilor of Solano, besting 21 other candidates for the highest post.
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