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...candidate most closely trailing Reeves isIndependent Michael A. Sullivan, who received 34transfer votes from Reeves and now has 2,073votes. Quota for the City Council election isabout...
...will not be clear until late tonight who will serve on the next City Council, though. As of last night, Reeves was the only candidate who had met the vote quota required under proportional representation, the form of balloting used in Cambridge...
Once a candidate surpasses the quota of votes needed to be elected--a figure derived by mathematical formula and based on the numbers of candidates and votes cast--that candidate's excess votes are transferred to the second choices listed on randomly selected ballots. The votes of candidates at the bottom of the heap are transferred in much the same...
Proportional representation, the form of balloting used in Cambridge, allows citizens to rank their choice of candidates, and then redistributes votes when candidates reach a quota of approximately 10 percent of the votes cast. Which candidate a person's vote counts for under this system depends on the votes of other people...
...candidates who "meet quota" in this first round are ranked first on the ballots of at least 10 percent of voters. The ballots in excess of quota are redistributed to the second choice candidates...