US city decides mayor by coin toss amid tie in election results.

After mayoral elections in a US city in the state of Kentucky ended in a tie, officials decided on an unusual way to pick the new mayor, a coin toss.

Mason Taylor and incumbent Greg McElfresh each won 55 votes in Tuesday's election to choose a new mayor of the city of Butler in Kentucky, the American broadcast network ABC News reported.

According to the report, Kentucky law specifies that election ties must be broken by a "lot" which means the winner is decided randomly. So the officials used a coin flip to determine who will lead the city of around 600 residents.

Taylor, 25...