Countries Weird Laws Pt 30

[SpaceWikiAg]

Sometimes debates would become basketball matches for publicity even.

[MrQuoteShorts]

"How did you become the president?"
- "I chose Tails and he chose Head" 🙂

[kittyn]

*coin flips on edge*
Coin:never let them know your next move

[ravenford]

Nah, as a Pinoy, I can also say that there's some weird things that happen during election... It is...

1. The dead can vote
2. There are so many unknown ballots
3. Your signature during election changed 🤣

[ExekielPlays]

As a Filipino, this was surprising and funny

[blisskers]

I also remember there was a tie for the Mayor position and they chose a winner by playing rock, paper, scissors

[laziekazie]

Imagine talking to a coin and saying: "life is in your hands"

[Yknow_who_it_is]

Filipinos have entered the chat:

(Also yes it's actually true, I've witnessed it myself, also you can also use rock, paper and scissors to decided, well mostly in my school we play that to decide)

[dddies]

It was 2011 I told my parents they settled an election with a coin toss and I said I heard it from the news. They didn't believe me and I felt absolutely crushed. Now it's 2022 and I completely forgot about it until this day. I feel completed.

[N.O.Official]

As a filipino, i can confirm this.

Marvic Feraren triumphed over Boyet Py from San Teodoro town in Mindoro Oriental province after both had received 3, 236 votes in Monday's poll.

[athenafied]

"can we flip it one more time"

[seventeenrighthere_]

When a coin flip decides your fate for the rest of your life

[_ZeroMaximum_]

As a Filipino, I can confirm that I definitely had no idea that this law existed.

[vctqu]

as a Filipino, I have no idea how to speak Filipino idk the laws idk anything really-🗿

[jeraldscarlet]

As a filipino, I am not a filipino, we regret being a filipino. but we love being a filipino.
It's so hard man.
Only a filipino knows what I'm talking about 😂

[matthewmccallion]

A lot of countries do this to decide tied elections.
In England a couple of years ago, they did a tombola to decide the final seat in a local council election, which determined whether or not one of the parties would have majority control on the council.
In Virginia (I think) a couple of years ago, control of the State Senate came down to the final seat which was tied and decided by pulling a name out of a top hat!

[paneofglass]

That does actually kind of make sense, the luckiest candidate wins. I kind of wonder how it would affect the world overall if every country had this law lol

[kaizoanimations]

Yeah, I’m a Filipino. I saw this once, *I was like: “WuT iN dA hEoLl!”*

[RigelOrionBeta]

This happens in some elections in the US too. Most recently during a Democratic primary in Iowa during 2020 presidential run. It was a caucus, there were a few coin tossed to determine who won precincts.

[exeidiot]

AHAHAHHAAH the government decided to just say. "f-k it we doing this the children's way" XDDD