The city of Richmond has a new councilmember-elect Tuesday but he didn’t win by the votes tallied from the ballot box. He won because his name was drawn out of a paper bag.
“He did not lose. We both won,” said Zepeda. “We both won the support of our district. We both have the thumbs up from the community.”
“The city clerk should place the name of each candidate in a sealed, unmarked envelope in case the vote is broken by lot,” said Christian. Butt says he’ll weigh options on potentially challenging the outcome. Both men agree there are lessons to be learned from the process.
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