"The town of Cave Creek, Ariz., turned to a deck of cards to settle a local election."

[armyowalgreens]

Election at a Draw, Arizona Town Cuts a Deck
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/us/17cavecreek.html

CAVE CREEK, Ariz. — Arizona is a modern place, among the fastest-growing states and home to Phoenix, the nation’s fifth-largest city, with gleaming office towers and a just-opened light rail system.



Joshua Lott for The New York Times
Cave Creek residents are trying to preserve the town’s Old West flavor, even as they also try to find new sources of revenue.
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Joshua Lott for The New York Times
Adam Trenk won a seat on the Town Council in Cave Creek, Ariz., after drawing the king of hearts to his opponent’s six of hearts.

The New York Times
A town of 5,000, Cave Creek held two votes that were tied.
But now and then, the state’s Western heritage comes storming through the saloon doors to remind one and all just what this place was like not so long ago.

It happened here Monday in the shadow of the Phoenix sprawl, when it came to settling a draw in a local election.

Adam Trenk and Thomas McGuire, both in blue jeans and open-collar shirts, strode nervously into Town Hall with their posses. There stood the town judge. He selected a deck of cards from a Stetson hat and shuffled it — having removed the jokers — six times...”

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I'm not really sure what to think of this. Even though I live here, it seems like Arizona does some crazy shit sometimes.

[rpannier]

1. New Mexico uses one hand of poker for their tie breakers

I think it's pretty cool

[NYC_SKP]

2. Great story, even in AZ some things are done the simple way.

New Mexico, too!

Hey, BTW, there's a "four paragraph" max for posting excerpts from copywritten sources, we aren't supposed to post full articles.

I hate it because sometimes it means just four lines of text.

Unless you rearrange things into paragraphs.. :-)

[armyowalgreens]

3. oops. I'll fix that

[Kali]

4. stealing from history

Show Low, AZ did it first