Word: slates
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...votes, both from tenants and students, followed closely the CCA and Rent Control Task Force slates. Cambridge's complex proportional representation system makes it easy to guage slate loyalty. Under this system, surplus votes and votes for candidates eliminated from the race are redistributed to the second-choice candidates. Among Sullivan's surplus, 96 per cent went to other supporters of rent control, an astonishingly high percentage...
...effectiveness are Douglas Okun and David Agee. They relied on the CCC to build a political foundation for them. Despite fairly active campaigns, the pair finished 17th and 19th in the 23-man field. The only bright spot in the CCC showing was the strong slate identity--almost all Okun and Agee votes transferred to other anti-rent control candidates...
...glance at the ballots as they were being counted indicated that many will go to Sara Mae Berman and Attles, who both ran with Wolf and Koocher on the progressive Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) slate...
Across Cambridge, volunteers handed out slate cards to voters entering the polls. The Cambridge Civic Association (CCA), Concerned Cambridge Citizens (CCC), the Cambridge Homeowners and Taxpayers (CHT) and the Rent Control Task Force all endorsed slates during the campaign, which turned nasty in its final weeks...
Another group that appeals to the condo owners, albeit more mysteriously, is the CCC. In what became one of the biggest controversies of the election, the CCC endorsed a slate of 13 candidates, but did not vote on a platform. Instead of issues, its leaders say, they are interested in "moderation." Chiding the city council for unproductive infighting, the CCC nonetheless endorsed most of the incumbents, including Wylie and Duehay, two very surprised members of the liberal CCA slate. They were surprised at the endorsements because the CCC seemed (though its leaders deny the charge) to have more links with...