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December 6, 2013

RECOUNT UPDATE (Dec 6, 2013)

Filed under: 2013 Election,Cambridge,elections — Tags: , , — Robert Winters @ 9:29 pm

RECOUNT UPDATE

Dec 6 – The 2013 Cambridge City Council Election Recount finished its fifth day today. The distribution and counting of ballots according to #1 Votes was completed early in the day and the results announced (see below). The rest of the day was dedicated to matching Leland Cheung’s #1 paper ballots with replica ballots created from the official electronic record of his #1 votes. This is necessary prior to any drawing and distribution of surplus ballots to other candidates (2nd Count) because of the legal requirement that ballot transfers must follow the same course as in the official results unless the discovery of an error warrants otherwise.

The matching of ballots and ballot records will continue on Saturday and, hopefully, the 2nd Count will then be carried out. Once that is complete, most of the uncertainty about the eventual election outcome will be removed since subsequent transfer rounds as candidates are defeated should proceed more or less as they did in the Official Count. The matching of paper ballots and ballot records will occur in later rounds whenever ballot order is relevant. – Robert Winters

Revised Ward & Precinct Totals for City Council Election (Recount)

Differences between Official Results (Nov 15) and Recount

Recount - Photo by Tom Stohlman
panoramic photo by Tom Stohlman

December 4, 2013

Cambridge InsideOut – Episodes 23 and 24

Filed under: 2013 Election,Cambridge,elections — Tags: , , , , , — Robert Winters @ 12:20 am

Cambridge InsideOut Episode 23 – The Recount Commences. Broadcast Dec 3, 2013, 5:30pm.

Cambridge InsideOut Episode 24 – Looking Deeper at the Ballot Data. Broadcast Dec 3, 2013, 6:00pm.

November 29, 2013

Different Measures of Popularity of City Council Candidates

Filed under: 2013 Election,Cambridge,City Council,elections — Tags: , , — Robert Winters @ 1:06 pm

Different Measures of Popularity of City Council Candidates – 2013 Election

Anyone familiar with Cambridge municipal elections knows the importance of the #1 vote in electing favored candidates, but there are other measures of popularity that provide insight into the general acceptability of candidates to voters. Shown below are the standings of the top 12 candidates showing #1 Vote Totals; number of ballots listing candidate either #1 or #2 (Top2); number of ballots listing candidate #1, #2, or #3 (Top3); number of ballots listing candidate anywhere from #1 through #5 (Top5); and number of ballots listing candidate anywhere from #1 through #9 (Top9). There was a total of 17,743 valid ballots in the City Council election.

Candidate #1 Votes Rank1
Cheung, Leland 2391 1
Maher, David 1464 2
Toomey, Tim 1457 3
Benzan, Dennis 1301 4
McGovern, Marc 1187 5
Simmons, Denise 1184 6
Carlone, Dennis 1151 7
Kelley, Craig 1093 8
Mazen, Nadeem 985 9
Reeves, Ken 934 10
vanBeuzekom, Minka  875 11
Seidel, Sam 701 12
Candidate Top2 Rank2
Cheung, Leland 4406 1
Maher, David 2646 2
Simmons, Denise 2531 3
Toomey, Tim 2438 4
McGovern, Marc 2266 5
Benzan, Dennis 2208 6
vanBeuzekom, Minka  2017 7
Kelley, Craig 2009 8
Carlone, Dennis 1968 9
Reeves, Ken 1964 10
Mazen, Nadeem 1944 11
Seidel, Sam 1503 12
Candidate Top3 Rank3
Cheung, Leland 6082 1
Simmons, Denise 3847 2
Maher, David 3600 3
McGovern, Marc 3275 4
Toomey, Tim 3231 5
vanBeuzekom, Minka  3079 6
Benzan, Dennis 3032 7
Reeves, Ken 2887 8
Kelley, Craig 2861 9
Mazen, Nadeem 2720 10
Carlone, Dennis 2645 11
Seidel, Sam 2363 12
Candidate Top5 Rank5
Cheung, Leland 7999 1
Simmons, Denise 5721 2
Maher, David 4912 3
vanBeuzekom, Minka  4685 4
McGovern, Marc 4629 5
Toomey, Tim 4336 6
Kelley, Craig 4233 7
Reeves, Ken 4172 8
Benzan, Dennis 3966 9
Seidel, Sam 3828 10
Mazen, Nadeem 3727 11
Carlone, Dennis 3437 12
Candidate Top9 Rank9
Cheung, Leland 9299 1
Simmons, Denise 7181 2
vanBeuzekom, Minka  6253 3
Maher, David 6196 4
McGovern, Marc 5822 5
Kelley, Craig 5630 6
Toomey, Tim 5547 7
Reeves, Ken 5400 8
Seidel, Sam 5179 9
Benzan, Dennis 5004 10
Mazen, Nadeem 4687 11
Carlone, Dennis 4172 12

November 27, 2013

2013 Cambridge City Council Election Recount

Filed under: 2013 Election,Cambridge,elections — Tags: , , , — Robert Winters @ 12:15 pm

2013 Cambridge City Council Election Recount Scheduled

Nov 27 – The Cambridge Election Commission yesterday announced the dates, times, and location for the Recount of the 2013 City Council election. It will take place at the Moore Youth Center, 12 Gilmore Street, in the Riverside neighborhood. (Parking is expected to be a challenge.) Though nobody yet knows how long the Recount will actually take, the Election Commission has reserved the space for a two week period beginning Monday, Dec 2 at 8:30am.

The space is reserved for Mon, Dec 2 through Sat, Dec 7; and Mon, Dec 9 (followed by a break on Tues, Dec 10 for the Congressional election to fill the Markey seat); and Wed, Dec 11 through Sat, Dec 14. All meetings begin at 8:30am at the Moore Youth Center.

Looking Back at the 2001 School Committee Recount

There have been municipal election recounts before, but nothing really compares to the marathon 2001 School Committee Recount that took place in the former space of the Election Commission on Green Street (above the old Police Station). Here are a few images from that marathon – just to whet your appetite for the 2013 City Council Recount scheduled to begin Dec 2, 2013.

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November 26, 2013

Cambridge InsideOut Episodes 21 and 22 (Nov 26, 2013)

Filed under: 2013 Election,Cambridge,elections — Tags: , , , , , — Robert Winters @ 11:25 pm

Cambridge InsideOut Episode 21 with guest Marjorie Decker – Broadcast Nov 26, 2013 at 5:30pm. Hosts: Susana Segat and Robert Winters

Cambridge InsideOut Episode 22 – Analyzing the ballot data – Broadcast Nov 26, 2013 at 6:00pm. Hosts: Susana Segat and Robert Winters

November 15, 2013

Official 2013 Cambridge Election Results (Nov 15, 2013)

Filed under: 2013 Election,Cambridge,City Council,elections,School Committee — Tags: , , , , — Robert Winters @ 7:05 pm
16th Count
Cheung, Leland 1775
Maher, David 1775
Simmons, Denise 1775
Toomey, Tim 1775
Benzan, Dennis 1775
McGovern, Marc 1679
Kelley, Craig 1565
Mazen, Nadeem 1549
Carlone, Dennis 1548
vanBeuzekom, Minka 1535

Nov 15, 6:55pm – The Official results in the City Council election gave the same winners as the Unofficial Results from last week. The only significant change due to the 7 additional ballots was a partial change in the Cheung surplus due to two additional #1 votes for Leland Cheung. The deciding margin at the end of the 16th Round grew to 13 votes separating Dennis Carlone and Minka vanBeuzekom. (Mazen had 1 more than Carlone.) In the final Round, Carlone surpassed Mazen to yield the following winners in the order they reached the election quota (1775).

City Council (in order of election): Leland Cheung, David Maher, Denise Simmons, Tim Toomey, Dennis Benzan, Marc McGovern, Craig Kelley, Dennis Carlone, Nadeem Mazen. [Detailed Report]
Incumbents defeated: Ken Reeves, Minka vanBeuzekom

Nov 16 Update: Minka vanBeuzekom has sent word to her entourage that she will be asking for a Recount.

School Committee (in order of election): Patty Nolan, Fred Fantini, Richard Harding, Kathleen Kelly, Fran Cronin, and Mervan Osborne. [Detailed Report]
Incumbents defeated: None

Official Final Election Results – City Council and School Committee (PDF)

Official Final City Council #1 Vote Distribution by Ward/Precinct (PDF) added Nov 20

Official Final School Committee #1 Vote Distribution by Ward/Precinct (PDF) – added Nov 20

Cambridge 2013 Election Count (in case you missed it)

Just in case you missed the live broadcast of The Count on Tues, Nov 5, the good folks at CCTV have now uploaded it in 3 parts for your viewing pleasure (not to suggest that will be your reaction, of course!). You’ll find the program (hosted by Susana Segat and Robert Winters) at: http://cctvcambridge.org/electioncount2013.

November 13, 2013

Boulder vs. Cincinnati vs. Fractional transfer methods in Cambridge’s PR elections

Filed under: 2013 Election,Cambridge,City Council,elections,School Committee — Tags: , , , , , , , — Robert Winters @ 6:23 am

Episode 18 of Cambridge InsideOut – Boulder vs. Cincinnati vs. Fractional transfer methods in Cambridge’s PR elections:

If you would like to look at the demonstrations used in these videos, you’ll find them at http://rwinters.com/experiment/.

Episode 17 of Cambridge InsideOut – A detailed look at the 2013 Cambridge election results and possible recount

Filed under: 2013 Election,Cambridge,City Council,School Committee — Tags: , , , , , — Robert Winters @ 6:20 am

A detailed look at the 2013 Cambridge election results and possible recount:

If you would like to look at the demonstrations used in these videos, you’ll find them at http://rwinters.com/experiment/.

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