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Experts had predicted the finish from the first count, but the final results were delayed by Cambridge's antiquated system of proportional representation. Under this system, voters rank candidates in order of preference, and candidates are elected when they reach a quota or percentage of all votes. Their surplus votes and the votes of eliminated candidates are redistributed to the next person listed on each ballot...
Cooper was the only candidate to reach the quota in the first round of voting Cooper, who was anxious to give credit "to all those people who trooped out to ring door bells and miss their dinners for me," urged Harvard students to take an interest in public education...
Graham and Wolf, along with Walter Sullivan and Vellucci, reached quota on number one votes alone...
Branson's transfers, however, went primarily to Clinton, pushing him over the 2899 voters needed for quoto, and to Danehy. They also brought Russell to quota...
Because Cambridge selects city officials with a complicated system of proportional representation voting first outlined by English lawyer Edward Hare in 1859, election results will not be available for several days. Counting the paper ballots involves transferring votes from one candidate to another as contenders either reach a quota of 10 percent of the votes cast or are eliminated for having the lowest total in a particular round of processing...