During the recent exchange about how to decide close elections, I attracted some grief (from Maximum Leader Lowry, among others) for suggesting that a coin flip could be useful as an alternative. In fact there are jurisdictions that break election ties in this manner. But, as always, the devil is in the details, and the town of Pittsfleid, Wisconsin has to “re-do” the flip, see here.
I am duly chastened. Perhaps using duels instead would bring more finality to the process . . .
Hat tip to Rich Hasen’s Election Law blog.