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...complicated proportional representation (PR) voting system that has been adopted for electing the Faculty Council will take a computer to unravel the results...
...adoption of the PR voting system by the Faculty on November 18 was considered a victory for the liberal caucus. At that meeting the Faculty rejected the recommendation of the Fainsod Committee that the dean of the Faculty appoint the council's 18 members with elections being held only if the Faculty did not approve of the dean's choices...
...motion-introduced by Kenneth Arrow, professor of Economics-which the Faculty adopted provides that the 18 members of the council will be elected under a Proportional Representation (PR) system. In order to give minority candidates a better chance of election, PR systems generally require that a candidate receive only a quota of votes-less than a majority-in order to win office...
Politicization of the Faculty-Those supporting the proposal to elect council members argued that the PR system would reduce the incentive for political organization within the Faculty, while backers of the Fainsod plan replied that regular elections would inevitably "policize" the Faculty. The election proponents then retorted that having the dean select members would drag him deep into whatever Faculty polities existed...