Word: pr
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...official count yesterday on the referendum to abolish PR was 16,331 against and 15,875 in favor. It was the fourth time that supporters of the Plan E electoral system had beaten their opponents in 20 years. This was also the slimmest margin of victory...
Sound trucks heralding the merits of individual candidates and attacking or defending PR continued to roam the streets. For the third or fourth consecutive day, drivers in the Vellucci motorcade leaned on their horns. Neon lights in the rear windows of several cars kept on blinking for Councilor Walter J. Sullivan...
Today the voters of Cambridge will cast their ballots to elect a new City Council and School Committee and to decide the fate of Proportional Representation (PR). Polls open at 8 a.m. and close...
...result of the conflict over PR is even harder to judge. Although the city has endorsed the electoral system by increasing majorities several times in the past 20 years, the very strong anti-PR campaign of the last few months may have been enough to turn back the clock...
Under the Proportional Representation (PR) system, each voter receives a single ballot listing the name of each candidate in simple alphabetical order. The voter marks his first choice with a 1, second choice with a 2, etc., numbering as many candidates as he wishes. A quota of votes, established after each election, determines the minimum number of votes required for election. Each candidate who achieves this quota (up to the number of nine) is declared elected...