抛硬币、抽纸决定克莱门斯山学校董事会选举决胜局

来自意大利小镇 Pignataro Interamna 的一枚大型仪式硬币；两张白色复印纸和一个干净的黑色塑料垃圾桶

A gold coin from Italy and a rubbish bin helped decide who won the tiebreaker for the final seat on the Mount Clemens Community Schools board of education after two candidates received the same number of votes in the Nov. 5 election.

两名候选人在 11 月 5 日的选举中获得相同的票数，一枚来自意大利的金币和一个垃圾桶帮助决定了谁赢得了克莱门斯山社区学校教育委员会最后一个席位的决胜局。

Macomb County Clerk/Register of Deeds Anthony Forlini flipped the coin onto the floor in a side room at the county elections department in Mount Clemens on Wednesday for candidates Rashidah Hammond and Alex Bronson, who both received 3,496 votes.

周三，马科姆县书记员/契约登记册安东尼·福里尼 (Anthony Forlini) 在克莱门斯山县选举部门的一间侧屋里，将硬币抛到了地板上，为候选人拉什达·哈蒙德 (Rashidah Hammond) 和亚历克斯·布朗森 (Alex Bronson) 投了票，两人都获得了 3,496 票。

Hammond won the toss and chose heads, while Bronson wanted tails.

哈蒙德掷骰获胜并选择了正面，而布朗森则选择了反面。

After the coin toss, two pieces of paper, one stating "elected" and the other stating "not elected," were prepared by the county's chief elections clerk, folded and dropped into the bin.

抛硬币后，县首席选举书记官准备了两张纸，一张写着“当选”，另一张写着“未当选”，折叠起来扔进垃圾箱。

Forlini then shook the bin repeatedly "like they do on TV with the Lotto."

弗利尼随后反复摇晃垃圾箱，“就像他们在电视上玩乐透一样”。

Hammond went first, reaching into the bin — which was temporarily labeled "Mount Clemens Community Schools Tie-Breaker" — and grabbing one of the folded pieces of paper, followed by Bronson.

哈蒙德先走，把手伸进垃圾箱——它被暂时贴上“克莱门斯山社区学校决胜局”的标签——抓起一张折叠的纸片，布朗森紧随其后。

"All right guys, let's see what we got," Forlini said. "Oh, guys, I see the nerves."

“好吧，伙计们，让我们看看我们得到了什么，”弗利尼说。 “哦，伙计们，我看到了紧张。”

Hammond and Bronson unfolded the papers, and Hammond smiled widely as she selected the "elected" paper, officially winning the school board seat.

哈蒙德和布朗森展开了试卷，哈蒙德在选择“当选”试卷时笑容满面，正式赢得了学校董事会席位。

"Better luck next time," Bronson said after he shook Forlini's hand and then shook hands with Hammond after she received a handshake and congratulations from Forlini.

“下次祝你好运，”布朗森在与弗林尼握手后说道，然后在哈蒙德收到弗林尼的握手和祝贺后与哈蒙德握手。

The tiebreaker process, specifically the drawing of the slips of paper with "elected" and "not elected" is outlined in state law.

州法律概述了决胜局过程，特别是绘制带有“当选”和“未当选”字样的纸条。

Hammond, 48, a former Mount Clemens city commissioner, said she would like the process to be different, especially since it's 2024, but "I am thankful for the process. Of course, it worked out in my favor."

48 岁的前克莱门斯市专员哈蒙德表示，她希望这一过程有所不同，尤其是考虑到 2024 年了，但“我很感谢这个过程。当然，结果对我有利。”

She said the main issue facing the school board is increasing the student population because that brings in additional funding.

她说，学校董事会面临的主要问题是增加学生人数，因为这会带来额外的资金。

Bronson, a former city planning commission member, can request a recount. But the 34-year-old, who said he was "a little disappointed" for his loss, said a recount is "unnecessary," adding that doing so "puts just too much burden on the county clerk's office."

前城市规划委员会成员布朗森可以要求重新计票。但这位 34 岁的人表示，他对自己的失败感到“有点失望”，并表示重新计票“没有必要”，并补充说这样做“给县书记员办公室带来了太大的负担”。

Bronson said he believes Hammond, who he has known for years, "did good work on (the) City (Commission) and I think she'll continue to do good work on the school board, too. So, I'm not upset by it at all."

布朗森说，他相信他认识多年的哈蒙德“在市（委员会）方面做得很好，我认为她也会继续在学校董事会方面做得很好。所以，我并不沮丧完全靠它。”

The other three winners in the school board race were incumbents Jeanine Walker and Earl Rickman, and Paul Sheppard, per the official results that were certified Tuesday by the county's Board of Canvassers. The current terms of the school board seats expire Dec. 31.

根据该县游说委员会周二认证的官方结果，学校董事会竞选中的另外三名获胜者是现任议员珍妮·沃克 (Jeanine Walker)、厄尔·里克曼 (Earl Rickman) 以及保罗·谢泼德 (Paul Sheppard)。目前学校董事会席位的任期将于 12 月 31 日到期。

This isn't the first time there has been a tiebreaker for a race in Mount Clemens, specifically.

具体来说，这并不是克莱门斯山的比赛第一次出现决胜局。

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In November 2007, Gary Blash and Jack Johns tied for a seat on the City Commission, each garnering 806 votes, in what was believed to be a first for the city, officials told the Free Press at the time.

官员们当时告诉《自由报》，2007 年 11 月，加里·布拉什 (Gary Blash) 和杰克·约翰斯 (Jack Johns) 并列获得了市委员会的一个席位，各获得 806 票，这被认为是该市的第一次。

Blash won a coin flip and picked first and ended up pulling the slip with the word "elected" out of a box. He won and took office.

布拉什在掷硬币中获胜，第一个被选中，最后从盒子里拿出了写有“当选”一词的纸条。他获胜并上任。

Later, Johns requested a recount. Johns ended up netting one more vote than Blash in the recount and won the race with 807 votes to Blash's 806 votes, forcing the seat to change hands.

后来，约翰斯要求重新计票。约翰斯最终在重新计票中比布拉什多获得一票，并以 807 票对布拉什 806 票赢得竞选，迫使席位易手。

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During the same 2007 election, there was a tie for a Grosse Pointe City Council seat in Wayne County, which was determined in the same fashion. The loser requested a recount, too, but withdrew after the recount revealed yet another tie — in that case with one more vote for each candidate than the election showed.

在 2007 年的同一次选举中，韦恩县格罗斯角市议会席位也出现了平局，也是以同样的方式确定的。失败者也要求重新计票，但在重新计票显示又出现平局后退出——在这种情况下，每位候选人都比选举显示的多一票。

In August 2016, two votes separated the winner and second-place finisher for a partial term on the Mount Clemens City Commission. Bill Ford won the seat, with Laura Fournier coming in second. Fournier requested a recount, but Ford still ended up winning by two votes, though each candidate received one more vote than on Election Day, according to a prior Free Press article.

2016 年 8 月，两票将克莱门斯山市委员会的部分任期的获胜者和第二名分开。比尔·福特赢得了席位，劳拉·福尼尔位居第二。根据《自由报》之前的一篇文章，福尼尔要求重新计票，但福特最终仍以两票获胜，尽管每位候选人都比选举日多获得了一张选票。

According to the Macomb County Elections Department, there was a recount in the Mount Clemens mayor's race in 2013, too, though the vote separation was by more than 60 votes and the results did not change from Election Day.

据马科姆县选举部门称，2013 年克莱门斯山市长竞选也进行了重新计票，尽管票数差距超过 60 票，而且结果自选举日起没有变化。

Forlini had to break another tie in his four years as county clerk. It was in the August primary this year for a Republican precinct delegate in Sterling Heights, with each candidate receiving 99 votes

弗利尼在担任县书记员的四年里，不得不打破另一场平局。今年 8 月，斯特林高地的共和党选区代表举行初选，每位候选人获得 99 票