CALEDONIA, Miss. (AP) - A mayor’s race in Mississippi is proof that every vote counts.
Voters in the small town of Caledonia have chosen a new mayor by a one-vote margin, but only after a do-over election.
The June 6 election was counted three times, resulting in three different numbers in the town of about 1,000 residents.
The incumbent mayor, Bill Lawrence, had a one-vote lead in two of the counts, but tied with challenger Mitch Wiggins in the other. Officials set a new election amid questions about how an election commissioner had handled a ballot box.
Local news outlets report that in the do-over election Tuesday, Wiggins defeated Lawrence by a single vote.
Lawrence called the experience “more than surreal.”
There was no immediate word on whether he would seek a recount.
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