2014年高考英语阅读理解素材：31_美国小镇竞选镇长投硬币分胜负素材.docVIP

美国小镇竞选镇长投硬币分胜负 据美国媒体11月20日报道，爱达荷州小镇阿尔比恩近日的镇长竞选不分胜负，最终通过投掷硬币决定谁当下任镇长。 ? KMVT CBS 11 reports that the town of Albion, Idaho recently decided who would be mayor for the next term with...a coin toss. ? This past Election Day saw the 120 voters of Albion split a vote down the middle in a race between incumbent（现任的） Mayor Don Bowden and his challenger, John Davis. We procured a calculator at great expense here at Yahoo and after a few hours of number crunching came to the conclusion that this means 60 votes came in for Bowden, and 60 for Davis. ? KMVT explains that according to Idaho law if there a