There were no lawsuits, no cries of election fraud and certainly no angry mobs storming the seat of government. Instead, a tie between two candidates running for mayor of a Houston suburb was settled after their names were drawn from a top hat. “It was as fair as you can make it,” said Jennifer Lawrence, who lost the random drawing on Thursday night. “It was really exciting, but it’s a horrible way to resolve an election,” he said. “It’s always better to have people decide elections, not random chance.”

Source: New York Times January 10, 2021 10:52 UTC