Word: ballotting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Association and will need a substantial number of "number one" votes from the CCA areas to win. We believe that McGovern could eventually emerge as one of Cambridge's most creative public officials and that giving him a "number one" vote would be the most constructive use of the ballot this year...
...backed candidates as the "good guys" and the unendorsed independents as the "bad guys." A number of independents on the current council are as conscientious and progressive as the CCA members. In particular, we would cite councillor Daniel J. Hayes Jr. and urge support for him high on the ballot...
Using PR, a voter on the ballot lists the candidates in the order of his preferance. A pre-determined quota (for the city council, it's one tenth the total vote plus one) of the vote is needed for election. Men who have enough "number one" votes are automatically declared elected; their surplus ballots are then redistributed and the ballots of those with the fewest "number one" votes are also redistributed to those second on the list. The process continues until the proper number of office holders receive the quota...
Daniel C. Goldfarb Jr. '66, president of the HUC, said that the council's immediate concern was the vote on the constitution, which is now scheduled for December 8 or 9. Goldfarb emphasized the need to "get the constitution through" and not complicate the ballot with amendments...
...York, our problem is not one of water quantity but of water quality. As you indicate, "the people who vote must make the commitment" that will assure a steady flow of water. On Nov. 2, the people of New York are asked to make such a commitment. On the ballot will be a $1 billion bond issue to provide 60% of the cost of sewage treatment facilities needed through 1970 to end water pollution in New York...