Word: excessive
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Observers predict that Reeves will gain much more than the 10 percent of the vote needed to secure a seat on the city council, meaning Reeves' excess votes will be distributed among other candidates...
Once a candidate has received approximately 10 percent of the vote, the excess ballots are distributed to candidates whom voters ranked second, according to Teresa S. Neighbor, executive director of the Cambridge Election Commission...
Although Pilgrim said she may receive some of Reeves' excess votes simply because she is black, she said she does not expect to gain the support of much of the mayor's constituency...
...excess ballots generally have been distributed to other CCA candidates," said Pilgrim, who is backed by the Alliance for Change, a moderate civic group started during the last city election...
...percent of Reeves' excess ballots went to candidates endorsed by the CCA. Malenfant said...