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WATCH: Coin toss decides winner in Bocaue mayoral race

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<div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-top" style="display:block;text-align:center;"><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3942681860132668" data-ad-slot="4831328630" data-ad-format="auto"></ins><br/></div><br/></div><br/><div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="http://kickerdaily.com/watch-coin-toss-decides-winner-in-bocaue-mayoral-race/coin_flip/"><img alt="" src="http://kickerdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/coin_flip-600x264.png" title="coin_flip"/></a> <span class="wp-caption-text">Image by Alexey Stiop via ShutterStock</span> </div><br/><aside class="mashsb-container mashsb-main"></aside><ul><li><strong>Bocaue, Bulacan had to resort to a game of coin toss to determine its new municipal mayor</strong></li><br/><li><strong>Joni Villanueva and Jim Valerio, contending for the mayoral post, both garnered 16,694 votes</strong></li><br/><li><strong>In a best out of 3 game of coin toss, Joni Villanueva, daughter of JIL founder Bro. Eddie Villanueva, was proclaimed the new mayor of Bocaue, Bulacan</strong></li><br/></ul><p>In an unexpected turn of events, the mayoral race in Bocaue, Bulacan had to resort to a game of coin toss to break the tie between two contending candidates.</p><br/><p>Liberal Party member Joni Villanueva and Jim Valerio both received 16,694 votes in the May 9 election, as per an article published by <a href="http://www.philstar.com/nation/2016/05/10/1581827/coin-toss-breaks-bocaue-mayors-race-tie">Philstar</a>.</p><br/><p>Tension rose between both camps as integrity and fairness of the process were questioned.</p><br/><p>As cited in an article published by the Inquirer, Comelec Municipal Board of Canvassers Chairman Deogracias Danao stated that pursuant to Comelec Resolution No. 10083 or the “General Instructions for the Board of Canvassers on the Consolidation/Canvass and Transmission of Votes” under Sec. 11, Letter D-II, after recording in its minutes the fact of having candidates with same number of votes instructed generally the board of canvasser to immediately notify both candidates to appear before the Board for “drawing of lots” to determine and proclaim the winning candidate for the position of municipal mayor.</p><br/><div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-middle"><br/><br/></div><br/></div><br/><p>Danao officiated the coin toss, with Villanueva getting the tail side of the coin after Valerio chose the head side of the coin.</p><br/><p>After winning best out of 3, Villanueva was immediately declared mayor.</p><br/><p>To see is to believe? Well, watch the news video courtesy of Inquirer below:</p><br/><p><iframe width="620" height="349" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xx36-eAHeC8?feature=oembed" frame allowfullscreen="">[embedded content]</iframe></p><br/><aside class="mashsb-container mashsb-main"></aside> <center> </center><br/><p><strong><a href="https://blockads.fivefilters.org">Let’s block ads!</a></strong> <a href="https://github.com/fivefilters/block-ads/wiki/There-are-no-acceptable-ads">(Why?)</a></p><br/><p><a href="http://kickerdaily.com/watch-coin-toss-decides-winner-in-bocaue-mayoral-race/" rel="nofollow">Kicker Daily News</a></p><br/><div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-bottom" style="display:block;text-align:center;"><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3942681860132668" data-ad-slot="4831328630" data-ad-format="auto"></ins><br/></div><br/></div>

Image by Alexey Stiop via ShutterStock Bocaue, Bulacan had to resort to a game of coin toss to determine its new municipal mayor Joni Vil...

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