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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...candidate exceeds this quota, the extra ballots are redistributed to the piles of ballots for number two choices. If no one tops the quota figure, then the candidate with the lowest number of ballots is declared defeated and his ballots are redistributed, again to the second choice candidates. This process of eliminating the lowest candidate and redistributing his ballots is repeated until all positions are filled with candidates who have reached the quota mark or until eliminating another candidate would leave a vacancy on the nine-member council...
...wondering why slates are important in the city, why many candidates feel it is helpful to ally with others of similar (or in the case of the CCC, somewhat similar) views. The reason is proportional representation, Cambridge's fruitcake balloting system. Because ballots can count for a voter's second or third choice candidate if his first preference wins big or is eliminated from the running, it pays to give voters a list of identifiable candidates. It has also served as a useful way for Cantabrigians to clearly define the issues facing the city--CCA candidates, for example...
...several of the light-voting student precincts near Boston University and Northeastern, WBCN disc jockey Duane I. Glassock, running a write-in campaign as a joke to promote his radio show, may challenge the state senator for second place...
...second period began slowly as the field got progressively worse and players spent more time splashing in puddles than passing the ball...
...outplayed on the second half Harvard retaliated, icing its win at 43:12 when Kelly Bryan's shot on goal stopped in the mud about six feet from Brown goalie Priscilla Duffy. The abrupt stop caused a delay in Duffy's reactions and gave Harvard junior Sue St. Louis time to flick the ball up and out of the soup, making the final score...