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But yesterday's unseasonably warm weather may have been as important as any political questions in sending city residents to the polls. In 1987 and 1985, many city residents attributed the low turnout to Election Day rain.
Although all the votes have been cast inCambridge's fall 1989 election, the contest isstill far from over. Because Cambridge uses anarcane system of proportional representation forCity Council and School Committee elections,election officials count all ballots by hand--aprocess which can take as long as a week.
Young, on the other hand, could depend on thesolid support of a city that is predominantlyBlack--a factor that has long been the predominantcharacteristic of most successful campaigns byBlacks.
Residential committee members said they willcomplete a proposal by next Monday, to go beforethe full council on November 19. The committeeoriginally had been prepared to reach a decisionlast Monday, but set its deadline back when thecouncil adjusted its calendar.
"The council has been told that Dean Jewettreally doesn't want us to make a decision soquickly," Daniel H. Tabak '92 said. "This iscertainly the most important thing the residentialcommittee will be doing this year, and I think weshould get it done right rather than get it donequickly.