In Walton Every Votes Counts – Especially Your Own Wife’s!

The web is full of stories today about Walton, Kentucky's City Council race. Maybe the best is from the nearby Cincinnati Enquirer's Mark Hansel who writes in USA Today.

Robert McDonald learned the hard way that every vote counts.McDonald and opponent Olivia Ballou both finished tied with 669 votes. McDonald's wife Katie didn't vote.!

McDonald told Hansel, "If she had just been able to get in to vote, we wouldn't be going through any of this," McDonald said. "You never think it will come down to one vote, but I'm here to tell you that it does."

Katie McDonald, 27, doesn't want to talk about not voting. She works extra hours and goes to school, too and with three kids she just didn't make it.

Because of the tie, Boone County Clerk Kenny Brown said it appears the final seat on the council will be determined by the flip of a coin.The county clerks probably will wait until the deadline for a request has passed to set a date for the coin toss.

Ballou, the other candidate with 669 votes, could not be reached for comment. She's probably busy practicing coin tossing.