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...mayor is elected by the Council, and although the independents have had 5-4 majorities for the last two sessions, they have been unable to elect one of their own to the job. One independent--it has been Al Vellucci both times--has always defected and voted for CCA-endorsed Edward A. Crane...
...Much of the confusion in PR voting is caused by attempts to trick the system," Dana S. Hanson, executive secretary of the Cambridge Civic Association, suggested. He said the CCA, which favors PR, would take an active part in supporting it in the referendum...
Vellucci has now figured prominently in each of Crane's last three victories. In both 1960 and 1962 he broke 4-4 deadlocks between independent councillors and the Cambridge Civic Association backed councillors by throwing his lot to the CCA's Crane. Vellucci is technically an independent, because he is not backed by the CCA...
Until either Vellucci decides to support another candidate, most likely Crane, or CCA decides to back Vellucci, the balloting will probably remain deadlocked...
...outcome, therefore, would seem to depend on a decision by Vellucci to support Crane, as he did in 1960 and 1962, or a change to Vellucci by a CCA councillor...