Word: quorums
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...proportional representation system allows city councillors and School Committee members--all of whom are at-large representatives--to claim seats once they reach a quorum of first choice votes...
...order to officially claim one of nine city council seats at the first count on election night, candidates for City Council had to reach a quorum of 1,688 votes, 2,341 for School Committee. Quorums were determined by the number of eligible voters...
...take a walk. They wound up near the tracks, but the thought of hopping the train didn't dawn on them until it began pulling away from the Hop-In Grocery and picking up speed. It was only then that a sweeping glance at one another affirmed a quorum for mischief. As they sprinted toward the train, Tester tripped, finally climbing aboard some 20 cars behind the group. Discouraged, he jumped off a few miles later while his friends, riding atop the boxcars, thundered ahead past the bend in Holly, ducking through tunnels and quivering as towns and pastures blurred...
According to Linda J. Callahan, director of external relations for the Theory Center, the final decision was not anticipated because the National Science Board (NSB), which was supposed to vote Friday, did not have a quorum...
...several council members departed early to support an event in Loker Commons, leaving the council without a quorum...