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Preliminary figures obtained from election officials indicated that slightly more than 57 percent of the city's approximately 47,000 registered voters cast ballots yesterday--significantly more than the 23,860 votes cast in 1988 or the 24,393 in 1985.
Many city residents predicted a particularly high turnout this year as a result of two controversial races. For the first time since 1961, three incumbent city councillors did not seek re-election, and 28 candidatees have waged a bitter campaign to fill the nine seats.
"Given the fact that you had a ballot question which generates a lot of controversy and will affect many people, and given the fact that you have three empty seats--that opens a lot of things up," said Sturges, who is a former election commissioner.
"We like our election results instantly," shesays.
"In any election system, people with more moneyand more resources can reach more voters," hesays. Under PR, though, "you've got a citycouncillor who can get elected with one-tenth ofthe vote. It doesn't matter if that one-tenthcomes from every household or from one-tenth ofthe city."