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Today, the Election Commission will begin eliminating the candidates ranking lowest in the field of 26 candidates, giving their ballots to their voters' "number two" choices. These eliminations may well produce some dramatic shifts higher in the standings.
No new School Committee returns emerged yesterday. In that race, the Election Commission spent the day ratifying the results of Thursday's initial count.
With luck, by the middle of Friday, the Election Commission will have an "official" count of number one ballots for the City Council. Then, the real fun of PR begins.
Though the job may once have been a plum, fewer people want it these days. The Election Commission has difficulty finding enough counters-particularly the necessary Republicans-in a City which is mostly Democratic. "It's harder to find people than it used to be. We don't have enough...
And so it goes, for hours which soon stretch into days. As the count grinds along, some candidates begin to complain: "What's the matter with the Election Commission? Don't they understand this system?" Council candidate Daniel J. Clinton inquires of Eddie Martin a man of no small local...