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Under this system, candidates for council and school committee do not represent a specific district but are elected at large, Voters rank candidates in order of preference--first choice, second choice...
...that time, the new Plan E charter stripped the mayor and City Council of almost all executive power, vesting it in the city manager, to be appointed by the council. The old voting system of wards and precincts was revamped and replaced with...
...although the PR system has withstood several challenges at the polls over the last 48 years, people in Cambridge still grumble about it from time to time...
Others argue that PR does not really provide for minority representation. Although the system was designed to loosen the hold political parties have on government, many city residents argue that here, a two-party system has simply adapted itself...
...doesn't seem to make a hell of a lot of difference whether we have [PR] or not," says tenant activist William B. Cunningham. "If it's supposed to give minority representation, it doesn't, because we basically have a two-party system...