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...complicated formula is used to determine a quota (usually about 10 percent of the vote). Candidates who receive that number of votes or more are declared officially elected...

Author: By Aby. Fung, | Title: Tallying the Votes in a Cambridge City Election Is No Small Task | 11/7/1995 | See Source »

Ballots marked first for a candidate who exceeds the quota re then to the next designated candidate (that is, the next numbered choice...

Author: By Aby. Fung, | Title: Tallying the Votes in a Cambridge City Election Is No Small Task | 11/7/1995 | See Source »

Elections in Cambridge are conducted under a unique proportional representation system, which allows citizens to rank their choice of candidates, and then redistributes votes to the next candidate marked on the ballot once candidates reach a quota of approximately 10 percent of the ballots cast...

Author: By C.r. Mcfadden, | Title: Candidates Mingle at Fundraiser | 10/3/1995 | See Source »

Some 22,000 people went to the polls in 1993. If a similar number vote this year, candidates would need a quota of about 2,200 votes to be assured of election, according to Gintell...

Author: By C.r. Mcfadden, | Title: Candidates Mingle at Fundraiser | 10/3/1995 | See Source »

...years about the crooked cops. Day and his neighbors never complained, he says, because they felt there was no one they could trust. "Cops lock you up, beat you up and then dump you off at the hospital," he says. "They just lock you up to make their quota...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CROOKED BLUE LINE | 9/11/1995 | See Source »

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