Martin Diedrich (independent) is the new honorary mayor for Altenpleen near Stralsund. He was drawn for the next five years. In the community with almost 1000 inhabitants, he and his opponent Jens RäbAltenpleen in Stralsundiger (also non-party) each had 204 votes on Sunday. According to the state municipal election law, the lot had to decide. Media had reported on the stalemate situation.
“We used surprise eggs, or rather the contents of the surprise eggs – these yellow plastic balls,” said Ines Materna-Braun from the municipality. The procedure via the Internet was inspired by the case of another German municipality then chocolate.”
After the draw, Diedrich said he had to collect his thoughts first. “I think that’s what I saw,” said the official, who was born in 1981. His opponent said it felt like a mau mau game where you lost. “It’s just so.”
In the first ballot two weeks ago, none of the four non-party candidates was able to prevail and received more than half of the votes. At that time, Diedrich had received five votes more than Räbiger and thus the most.
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