不列颠哥伦比亚省莱顿市长选举周二通过随机抽签决定胜负。现任市长丹尼斯·奥康纳和挑战者珍妮弗·托斯竞逐领导位于不列颠哥伦比亚省弗雷泽峡谷的这个村庄——在2021年一场致命山火导致社区大部分被毁前，该村仅有200多名居民。首轮计票后，两人均获得45票。
The mayoral election in Lytton, B.C., was decided by a random draw on Tuesday. Incumbent Denise O'Connor and challenger Jennifer Thoss sought to lead the village in B.C.'s Fraser Canyon — which had just over 200 residents before a deadly 2021 wildfire led to much of the community's destruction They both received 45 votes after the first count.
奥康纳和托斯周二在坎卢普斯法院面临重新计票。重新计票结果票数依然相同，随机抽签决定托斯将成为该社区市长。
O'Connor and Thoss faced a recount in a Kamloops courthouse on Tuesday. After the recount resulted in the same vote numbers, a random draw decided that Thoss would be the community's mayor.
莱顿市长候选人初选结果打平陷入僵局 托斯在选举前告诉加通社，她参选市长的动力源于对村庄火灾后重建进度缓慢的不满。她说，如果当选，将把建立关系作为工作重点。
Lytton mayoral candidates deadlocked in tie after initial election results Thoss told CBC News before the election that she was motivated to run for mayor amid frustration over the slow pace of the village's rebuild following the fire. She said she would make relationship-building a focus, if elected.
两名候选人角逐莱顿市长职位，距离那场毁灭性大火已过去5年 就在随机抽签前，托斯表示，如果打平则举行决选对她来说更合理。
2 candidates vie to be Lytton's mayor 5 years after devastating fire Just prior to the random draw, Thoss said that a potential runoff election in the event of a tie made more sense to her.
“如果今天我被抽中，我想我会研究一下我们的选举条例，因为通过这次我们打平的选举，我学到了很多东西，”她说。
"If I'm pulled today, I think I'll be looking at our elections bylaw because I learned a lot through this election with us tying," she said.
普林斯顿也采用随机抽签 莱顿并非唯一一个在10月17日选举后通过随机抽签打破平局的不列颠哥伦比亚省社区。
Random draw used in Princeton Lytton wasn't the only B.C. community to use a random draw to break a tie following the Oct. 17 election.
在普林斯顿，保拉·沙克尔顿和泰勒·威利斯在争夺第四个也是最后一个议会席位的初步计票中，均获得391票。
In Princeton, Paula Shackleton and Tyler Willis both finished with 391 votes after the initial count for the fourth and final council seat.
这个位于南部内陆、人口约2800人的城镇于周一进行了司法重新计票。再次出现票数相同后，威利斯通过随机抽签当选。
The town of around 2,800 in the southern Interior held a judicial recount Monday. Following another tied vote, Willis was chosen at random.
《地方政府法》规定，议会竞选在司法重新计票后出现平局，可由市政当局通过条例决定采用随机抽签决出胜负。根据该法，市政当局也可选择举行决选。
Local Government Act states council races that are tied following a judicial recount can be decided by random draw if a municipality decides that is the case through a bylaw. Municipalities also have the option of runoff elections, according to the law.
Cindy Fortin在投票决胜中胜出，当选为Peachland市长，击败Harry Gough。以下是这一戏剧性时刻：Harry Gough优雅地接受败选。
Cindy Fortin is declared mayor of Peachland over Harry Gough after it came down to a drawing of lots! Here’s the dramatic moment. Harry Gough accepted defeat gracefully.
2018年，Cindy Fortin在法官从绿色木箱中抽取名字后，继续担任Peachland市长。2022年，Port Moody市议员Amy Lubik在从容器中抽取名字后胜出。
BradyStrachan In 2018, Cindy Fortin remained mayor of Peachland, B.C., after a judge drew her name out of a wooden green box In 2022, Port Moody councillor Amy Lubik won after her name was pulled from a container