Tied Northern California city council race comes down to drawing straws to declare winner [Video]

NEVER HAPPENED. THERE. AS THE SUN SETS ON A BUSY ELECTION SEASON, ONE RACE IN THE CITY OF GALT HAS COME DOWN TO THE WIRE. IT’S BEEN A WHIRLWIND. IT’S PRETTY CRAZY FOR IT TO COME DOWN TO THIS. MATTHEW PRATTEN AND BONNIE RODRIGUEZ WERE TWO OF THE THREE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR TWO SEATS ON THE GALT CITY COUNCIL. EACH ONE. IT GOT A LITTLE CLOSER AND GOT A LITTLE CLOSER. I KEPT GAINING AND THEN WAS AHEAD BY TWO. THAT WAS FUN. CANDIDATE TIM REID WAS A CLEAR WINNER WITH NEARLY 6000 VOTES, BUT PRATTEN AND RODRIGUEZ ENDED IN A TIE. THERE ARE. 3882 VOTES EACH. NEVER HAVE WE SEEN AN ELECTION COME DOWN TO WHERE IT WAS LITERALLY A DEAD TIE AT THE END. CITY OFFICIALS SAY IT’S SOMETHING THEY’VE NEVER SEEN HAPPEN BEFORE. THIS IS IT’S NEW TO US. ALSO. AND FOR THE TIE BREAKER. A CITY …