Sec. 852.
In case it shall appear that 2 or more persons have an equal number of votes for the same
office for which but 1 person is to be nominated or elected and the same shall be the highest
number of votes cast therefor, and no other provision is made in this act for determination of
such tie, the board of canvassers, after notice to each of such candidates of a time and place
therefor, shall determine the successful candidate by lot and shall declare and certify the same
accordingly. Such determination, however, shall not preclude the right of a defeated candidate
to a recount of the votes cast as provided in chapter 36 of this act.
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