Coin toss to determine next leader of Illinois village
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April 9, 2017
COLP, Ill. (AP) — The next village president in a southern Illinois community will be decided by a coin toss.
The Southern Illinoisan in Carbondale says (http://bit.ly/2nN6zWp ) Tammy O'Daniell-Howell and Bryan Riekena each received 11 votes last Tuesday in Colp.
Williamson County Clerk Amanda Barnes says the tie will be broken on April 20. Illinois law calls for such ties to be settled by a coin flip.
O'Daniell-Howell is a lifelong resident of Colp and has been the village clerk since 2009.
Riekena describes his occupation as "geek." He attended Southern Illinois University on a swimming scho...
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