Election official Addie Vetter tossed a coin in the air and let it hit the floor in the Washoe County commission chambers.
Next, Registrar of Voters Andrew McDonald broke the seal on a deck of cards and fanned them out face up on a table so the two men before him could see that it was a legitimate deck.

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