Dead Woman Re-elected

by **Zoom** on Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:42 am

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So, how do they fill the seat? Time for a bit of fun with a Oouji Board :lol:

by **cyanide** on Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:07 am

Wow. A coin toss? Why not give the woman who's alive the bloody job since obviously she can handle it a bit better?

by **Oznogrd** on Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:31 am

Dont you guys remember a few years ago when the dead guy beat John Ashcroft in missouri? this is nothing new but in rural alaska i guess so

by **Laxation** on Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:08 pm

The school district ... has not yet decided how to fill Ms Dunton's seat.

Are they fucking retarded?

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:18 pm

I have to admit, at first I thought how odd it was to leave such a decision up to a coin flip before I remembered that was how the NBA decided the number one pick in the event of a tie before adopting the Draft Lottery in 1985, a fact we generally accept as what was done back then. Still, you'd think a second vote would be held between the two tied candidates rather than leaving it up to chance.

by **Laxation** on Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:55 pm

From what I read it sounded like there were two candidates, and one died...

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:04 pm

Well obviously in this case there's no point in holding another vote between those two candidates since one has passed away. I was simply making an observation about the tiebreaker method they'd chosen to employ in the first place.

by **Zoom** on Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:55 pm

Andrew wrote:I remembered that was how the NBA decided the number one pick in the event of a tie before adopting the Draft Lottery in 1985, a fact we generally accept as what was done back then.

Actually, hate to correct you on this but the teams didn't have to tie for a coin flip to happen. From 1966-84, the NBA used the coin flip to determine who would pick first out of the two teams with the worst records in the league. :wink:

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:42 pm

Ah, that's right. :doh:

Thanks for the correction.

by **Zoom** on Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:45 pm

It's ok. It's easy to get it confused because most coin flips in normal circumstances happen because of a tie. (Y)

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