The vote was 10 each for myself and Tolstoy, but 7 members hadn't followed the voting instructions and their votes were discounted leaving the vote at 7-6 to Tolstoy. The branch chairman had not voted as he intended, in the event of a tie, to cast a unique vote (as opposed to exercising a right to 2 votes). The Chairman would have supported me. The result is that Tolstoy won the candidacy by one vote where had all votes been accepted and had the Chairman's vote been cast in my favour I would have been the candidate. You lost, isn't that democracy.
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