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Yesterday's redistribution put two challengers for council seats--School committeewoman Barbara Ackermann and Thomas W. Danehy--within a hair's breadth of election. Danehy now needs 94 votes to meet the election quota; Ackermann must pick...
According to yesterday's preliminary, unofficial count by the Election Commission, Walter J. Sullivan and Edward A. Crane '35 have met the quota necessary for election under the City's complex proportional representation voting system. Sullivan, the perennial front-runner, once again finished first in "number one votes," with an unofficial total of 4083. Crane received 3165 "number ones...
...positions of candidates can change radically during the re-distribution process. As low-ranking candidates are eliminated, their votes are given to higher ranking candidates who have not yet met the quota. Any one of the candidates below the top four could possibly end up out of the running if he fails to pick up many votes in the re-distribution...
Some candidates can meet the quota from their "number ones"--they are then declared elected, and their surplus ballots are distributed to those who are listed second. At the same time, candidates with the fewest "number one votes" are declared defeated; their ballots are also given to their second choice. The process of elimination and redistribution continues--usually for several days--until nine candidates have received the necessary quota...
...representation of minority groups on the Council. It does; the present Council includes one Italian, one Jew, one Negro, and one Republican. However, the corollary of this representation of minority groups is that most Council candidates pitch their campaigns to a small, relatively restricted electorate. Tight control of a quota of "number ones" is the surest way to election...