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...slates become a critical element in the campaign. They act as a scorecard, helping the voter identify a group of like-minded candidates and aiding the contestants in garnering transfer votes (under PR, candidates are voted for in preferential order, so that those who do not reach a certain quota of No. 1 votes must rely on the No. 2 and 3 transfer votes from supporters of other candidates...
...ballots are then sorted according to the number one votes. To win election, a candidate must have a certain quota of votes. That quota is derived by dividing the number of ballots by the number of seats to be filled plus one, then adding one to the quotient. Thus if 30,000 votes are cast on Tuesday, the quota for election to the nine-member city council will be 3001. The quota was established to help minority candidates but still make the election more than a matter of chance...
Once a candidate has surpassed the quota, his excess votes will be re-distributed among the candidates who were marked number two on his ballots. If those candidates also go over the quota, the ballots will be withdrawn again and credited to the contenders in the third position. This process continues until nine council candidates and six school committee aspirants have reached the quota figure...
Columbia wasn't picked to do much this year. So when the Lions nipped Princeton last week, many felt that they had already exceeded their quota of success for the season. The Lions have a good defense but have struggled when they have been forced to move the ball on their...
...farce, by Michael Bronski, concerning lots of homosexuality and pointless violence, and containing a reasonable quota of funny lines. 7:30 p.m. at the Loeb...