Voting Day!
Seventy-six percent came to vote today
One hundred and ten good folks want their say
Surrounded by rows and rows
of kids with runny nose(s)
BG held its first election day
Seventy-six percent formed a ragged line
One hundred and ten good folks prepared to vote
With over a hundred voices
Hoping they all agreed
On the ballots they had all hand wrote
On the walk outside the council house were men's spittoons
Thundering, thundering from every passing male
Posters and decorations for the candidates
Each vying for the public to regale
There were several mounted riders to police the square
Rearing up and prancing at every victory roar
Random speeches everywhere
From those to show they really care
Stirring passions hotter than before
Seventy-six percent made their preference known
One hundred and ten loud voices filled the air
To the rhythm of 'cast your vote'
All the kids began to shout
And election day became a civic fair
And the New Mayor is . . .
The crowd was hushed as the Pastor* appeared
"We have a winner!" The crowd all cheered
"The vote was close but there is no doubt
who'll be the mayor so give a shout
for . . . Marshall Lorne Order!"
A roar went up, drowning pouters
and Lorne stepped up addressing shouters
followed by the runner up, his new right hand
the popular new resident, Dixie Land
"The third candidate is Will Barter new Council Chair
he'll be on hand to keep things fair
when the meetings are under way
he'll see everyone has a say . . ."
Pastor Stein looked around
but Will Barter could not be found
Off to the saloon where the drinks were plenty
Muffins and cakes from Myna's bakery
Peso went crazy on the player piano
Loren was singing to Cactus Frank's banjo
and the dancing and the speeches had begun
NOTE: To be fair @lyttlejoe used a random number generator to generate 3 numbers... one for each candidate. Will 79, Dixie 43 and Lorne 28. Then he generated the winning number which he sent to me... the number that came closest to this number by subtraction or addition was the winner. That number was 33... Since Lorne was closet by 5... Lorne wins.
ELECTION RESULTS
Lorne - 5
Dixie - 10
Will- 46
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