Drawing Straws???

[diSme]

https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/politics/council/new-hartlepool-councillor-relives-rollercoaster-of-emotions-after-straws-decide-dead-heat-3236139

I honestly didn't realise that drawing straws in the case of a tie in a public vote was an acceptable practice....

Is this really a thing?

I find it somewhat baffling...

[Inspector Knacker]

I wonder if it was because it was between two candidates from the same party 'fighting' for the same seat. I imagine it must be legal, but I can't see a way around it.
The baldy old bloke won and when I read his plans for Rossmere, I was underwhelmed to put it kindly, really banal and unimaginative. Drawing a straw seemed fitting in this case.

[Lucy Lass-Tick]

Suppose that an 'all out' election tempts parties to try to take a ward in full. This time it backfired somewhat.

[Inspector Knacker]

It did backfire, another one exhumed from the political mausoleum.
Back to the future eh....?