The below is from the 1999 election results (pdf document) link via http://www.ci.cambridge.ma.us/~Election/ Such URL has links to the law and details of the p.r. method used in Cambridge. ---- 2 Nov 1999 Cambridge, Mass City Council Election - Summary Results 9 members elected at large using Single Transferable Vote proportional representation and Droop Quota, random transfer of surplus votes Valid ballots 18,777 FCV First Choice votes PHQ Percent of Hare Quota (18,777/9) = 2086.33 PDQ Percent of Droop Quota (18,777/10) + 1 = 1878 OE- Order of Election FCV PHQ PDQ OE 2716 130.2 144.6 1 Galluccio 1662 79.7 88.5 2 Born 1652 79.2 88 3 Decker 1510 72.4 80.4 5 Toomey 1490 71.4 79.3 6 Braude 1470 70.5 78.3 7 Davis 1431 68.6 76.2 8 Reeves 1339 64.2 71.3 4 Sullivan 1176 56.4 62.6 Triantafilou (last loser) 1040 49.8 55.4 9 Maher 813 39 43.3 Goodwin 536 25.7 28.5 Trumbull 429 20.6 22.8 Snowberg 330 15.8 17.6 Hoicka 315 15.1 16.8 Peixott 304 14.6 16.2 Winters 129 6.2 6.9 Williamson 113 5.4 6 Giacobbe 107 5.1 5.7 Chase 50 2.4 2.7 Dixon 42 2 2.2 Nidle* 34 1.6 1.8 Jones* 31 1.5 1.7 Wormwood-Malone* 29 1.4 1.5 Christenson* 28 1.3 1.5 Write in position 1* 1 0 0.1 Write in other* 18,777 900 999.8 Total Final Results in order of election 1878 90 100 1 Galluccio 1878 90 100 2 Born 1878 90 100 3 Decker 1878 90 100 4 Sullivan 1878 90 100 5 Toomey 1878 90 100 6 Braude 1878 90 100 7 Davis 1878 90 100 8 Reeves 1878 90 100 9 Maher 1875 89.9 99.8 Exhausted 18,777 900 999.8 Total 384 ballots were invalid in addition to such 18,777 ballots. * Choices with less than 50 votes eliminated after surplus vote transfers Triantafilou (last loser) had 1428 votes when eliminated. Due to the use of the Droop Quota, just under 10 percent of the total valid votes were *wasted*.
