HOLTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A drawing settled a tie in a small-town election in western Michigan.

Tammy Jager finished third in the Aug. 4 Republican primary for two seats on the Holton Township board in Muskegon County. But she gained one vote in a recount, which then pulled her into a tie with Brian Norton.

How do you settle a tie? State law says a drawing is performed. Jager pulled a piece of paper Wednesday that said “elected,” WOOD-TV reported.

Jager now advances to the fall election.

In local elections, every vote matters — “it really, really does,” township Clerk Sarah Hippler said.