Name: St. James Township clerk race ends in an August 2008 tie and coin flip
Start: 2008-08
End: 2008-08
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2008-08
Kind: Election
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: governancegovernmentcommunicationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Jean Palmer and Pam O’Brien tied in the August 2008 primary for St. James Township clerk. The October Beaver Beacon reports that a coin flip awarded the nomination to O’Brien, while Palmer planned to run as a November write-in.

Evidence limits

The newspaper report is stronger than the forum’s link-only pointer, but neither source is an official canvass, clerk record, or complete election file.

Sources

“Tie for clerk's seat in St. James Township,” Beaver Island Forum, August 6, 2008.
The forum post links a Charlevoix Courier report about the tie. It is a secondary pointer to the newspaper, not an official canvass or recount record.
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Beaver Beacon, October 2008, township election report.
The October report says Jean Palmer and Pam O'Brien tied in the August primary, the tie was resolved by coin flip in O'Brien's favor, and Palmer planned a November write-in campaign. This held newspaper account supplies the stronger result evidence. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, October 2008, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the election report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “St. James Township clerk race ends in an August 2008 tie and coin flip”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-james-clerk-tie-2008/, accessed [date], citing “Tie for clerk's seat in St. James Township,” Beaver Island Forum, August 6, 2008. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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