The last major example we saw around here was the systemd vote for Debian. One member of the committee (bdale) was to have two votes in the event of a tie (thou

The last major example we saw around here was the systemd vote for Debian. One member of the committee (bdale) was to have two votes in the event of a tie (though it was not simply a yes/no vote). If an even number of board members are presented with a scenario where a decision A or B must be made and do nothing is not an option, a tie-breaking vote is pretty important.