Election Decided by Poker Game

Election Decided by Poker Game

Wednesday, 12 March 2008

While Obama and Hillary are fighting it out tooth and nail in their bid to get to the White House, the folks of New Mexico might have found a simpler way of resolving political battles.

While Obama and Hillary are fighting it out tooth and nail in their bid to get to the White House, the folks of New Mexico might have found a simpler way of resolving political battles.
Josie Richards won a game of five-card stud to claim the seat of town trustee in Estancia, New Mexico. Her pair of nines was enough to see off her political foe, Michelle Dunlap. The game came about as New Mexico law dictates that a tied vote is decided by a game of chance.
This wasn’t the first time that a vote in the town had to be settled over a game of cards. In 2001 the town’s mayor, James Farrington, was re-elected to the town’s top job when he won a single hand against JoAnn Carlson. His ace-high flush beat Carlson’s ten-high flush in what must be considered a political cooler.
A video of the game can be found here, although there are some suspicions that the lady on the left was slowrolling.



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