Mayoral Race Could Come Down To Coin Toss

There's drama and excitement afoot in the tiny town of Mettawa, Illinois this week. Tuesday's mayoral vote between incumbent Barry MacLean and challenger Jess Ray ended in a tie with 143 votes for each candidate. Lake County Clerk Willard Helander said a 14-day waiting period will now ensue because there are still some absentee ballots that have yet to come in as well as a provisional ballot that may or may not be valid. The counting of these ballots will happen on April 21 and if there's still a tie after that, the race would be decided by a coin toss. Ray threw his hat in the ring after the village approved the building of a Costco store that resulted in two houses being taken over by eminent domain. [Lake County Sun-News, via Gapers Block]