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Washington County elections office resolves four tied 2025 primary races by lot
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Washington County Elections Director Melanie Ostrander said staff resolved ties in four municipal primary races by drawing numbered balls, declaring winners and notifying write-in candidates of a July 7 paperwork deadline.
Melanie Ostrander, Washington County elections director, said the county resolved ties in four races from the 2025 municipal primary by casting lots at a public drawing and declared winners in Bergus Town, Deanston, Long Branch and South Scribe.
The procedure matters because the drawings determine which candidates will appear as the party nominees and, in the case of write-in candidates, which individuals must complete paperwork to remain on the ballot. "We have 4 races, and we have 16 numbered balls," Ostrander said, and she told write-in candidates that the packet of paperwork "has to be returned…
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