Pine Island City Council seat decided by coin toss

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After all of the votes in the Pine Island City Council race were counted, both challenger Dominick Pahl and incumbent Delana Weis had won 711 votes each. The flipped quarter landed on heads, giving the seat to Weis.

Delana Weis won a coin flip Thursday evening to keep her seat on the City Council in Pine Island, a city about 20 minutes north of Rochester.

There were two City Council seats up for grabs in the Nov. 3 election. Tosca Wohl, who campaigned as an opponent of Google’s proposed massive data center in town, claimed the first seat, but incumbent Delana Weis and challenger Dominick Pahl tied for the second council seat, with each of them getting exactly 711 votes.

Per state law, a city's canvassing board is required to "determine the results by a lot" in the case of a tie, which means the decision ...