Coin toss settles race for PCO in Seabeck

By RICHARD WALKER
North Kitsap Herald Editor
August 31, 2012 · Updated 11:48 AM 

SEABECK — A race for Republican precinct committee officer in Seabeck was settled by a coin toss.

Paige E. Mitchell and Timothy Runyan each received 52 votes in the Aug. 7 primary and an Aug. 27 recount didn’t change the results.  The canvassing board settled it with a coin toss and Mitchell won.

It wasn’t the only race in Washington settled by coin toss this year. In Clark County, a Republican PCO was similarly settled.

“It’s rare, but it happens,” Kitsap County Auditor Walt Washington said. “That’s why just one vote makes a difference.”

Mitchell, a former graphic design intern at Children of the Nations in Poulsbo, is a student at Seattle Pacific University. She is double majoring in political science (international affairs) and communications.

 

Contact North Kitsap Herald Editor Richard Walker at rwalker@northkitsapherald.com or 1-360-779-4464.

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