Deadly election
An Alaskan woman was re-elected as a school governor - despite being dead.
Katherine Dunton died of cancer on the day of the local elections after amassing 19 votes to be re-elected to the Aleutian Region School District board.
Her opponent Dona Highstone also received 19 votes.
So, in accordance with state law, a coin toss was organised to settle the tie.
Dunton was named the winner after Highstone called "heads" on the coin that landed on ‘tails’.
Whitney Brewster, director of the Alaska Division of Elections, said: "This is the first that I have ever heard about, not only in our state, but in any other."
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