The New Hampshire Secretary of State's Office has used this leather bottle and balls to break election ties for decades. On Thursday, Secretary of State David Scanlan will use it to break a tie between Conway state representative candidates Mike DiGregorio or Mark Hounsell. (ANNA FAY PHOTO)
Mark Hounsell of Conway tied with Mike DiGregorio for the third Republican spot for N.H. House District 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Mike DiGregorio of Conway tied with Mark Hounsell for the third Republican spot for N.H. House District 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The New Hampshire Secretary of State's Office has used this leather bottle and balls to break election ties for decades. On Thursday, Secretary of State David Scanlan will use it to break a tie between Conway state representative candidates Mike DiGregorio or Mark Hounsell. (ANNA FAY PHOTO)
CONWAY — A tie vote between N.H. House District 1 candidates Mike DiGregorio and Mark Hounsell will be decided today by drawing lots in Concord as neither wanted a recount.
This marks the second tie vote Conway has had this year. During town elections April 12, a warrant article calling for $399,999 to be spent on public bathrooms in North Conway initially tied 581-581. A recount petition was filed and a few weeks later, a board of local officials determined the bathrooms won by one vote as a voting machine had counted a “yes” vote as blank.
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