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...officials. The mayor holds a largely ceremonial position and is elected from among the city councilors. PR voting, an at-large balloting system where candidates are ranked by voters, is designed to give minority views a chance to elect their own representatives. The CCA was dedicated to electing a slate of reformist city councilors...
Candidates who have not established a band of loyal followers can try to increase their visibility by becoming associated with a slate, a coalition of candidates with similar stands on a variety of issues. Members of slates, such as the liberal Cambridge Civic Association (CCA), urge voters to consider other members of the slate for choices 2 through...
Cambridge politicos have varied ideas on whether or not a slate affiliation helps or hurts a candidate. Lesser known slate candidates who do not make quota in the first round pull transfer votes from their more experienced associates...
...have to run on a slate and be allied with a philosophical view in order to win," said Marvin C. Foster, former DCC chairman and longtime Cambridge resident...
...sometimes a slate association can backfire on a candidate. Foster noted the case of Barbara Ackerman, whose supporters were so sure she would win that they gave their 1 votes to other slate members, and Ackerman was not elected...