Vote count hours are extended, but won’t finish tonight

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Published: November 4, 2009 at 05:47 PM

The Election Commission will be counting auxiliary ballots — write-ins and other wild cards keeping election results from being settled — until 7 tonight, a two-hour extension from the official schedule. The races won’t be decided until tomorrow at the earliest, though.

Preliminary election results bring much uncertainty, little cheer

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Published: November 4, 2009 at 04:04 AM

Cambridge comes out of Election Day knowing very little for certain, and even as names of candidates were announced the unsettled nature of the wins inspired few cheers as accompaniment. Today at 9 a.m., the Election Commission will end the uncertainty.

Some wild cards will complicate, enliven elections

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Published: November 3, 2009 at 09:17 AM

Today is Election Day, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and the vote count beginning in the Cambridge Senior Center after polls close and the ballots from all 33 precincts arrive. It looks good for City Council incumbents, but there are some wild cards, and results can’t be expected before Wednesday.

Get informed on elections at Civic Journal

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Published: October 28, 2009 at 09:27 PM

With just under a week to Election Day, it’s time to make an endorsement. As in the past, the endorsement is not for a specific candidate or set of candidates, but a reminder to voters to use the resources available at the Cambridge Civic Journal site.

Proportional indifference

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Published: November 23, 2005 at 06:00 AM

Well, the elections have come and gone and as usual the focus of the conversation is who has won and who has lost and why. Politics in Massachusetts has always been considered a blood sport, and even in the left bank of Boston council races have never been laid back. But I have often wondered [...]

Complexity can sour relationship with city

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Published: November 21, 2005 at 06:00 AM

Cambridge is an easy city to love, and love passionately. Like all intense relationships, though, it’s easy for love to turn to loathing. Newcomers can be instantly charmed by the city, overwhelmed by the choice of cuisine and enraptured by the vibrant street life. Emerging from the T at Harvard Square on a day in [...]

Computer glitch frustrated election crowd

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Published: November 10, 2005 at 06:00 AM

The anxious crowd was focused on one thing Tuesday night: Who won? Would it be the same City Council and School Committee, or would any of the challengers be able to pull off an upset? For a while, though, it looked as though breakdown by Election Commission computers would delay the answer — and the [...]

Unique voting gets display today

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Published: November 8, 2005 at 06:00 AM

Communities across the country are voting today, but Cambridge is the only one doing it this way. This is the only city in the country using proportional representation to elect city councilors and school committee members. “I live in Somerville,” Ivan Schneider said yesterday. “I’d move to Cambridge, but its too complicated to vote there.” [...]

Election aftermath

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Published: November 5, 2003 at 11:55 PM

My vote does not automatically betoken disaster. The Cambridge election yesterday bears that out — somewhat. Why, Henrietta Davis, my No. 3 vote for city council, was re-elected, and Marjorie Decker, my No. 6 vote, and so on … In fact, five of my nine votes for city council came through, and four of my [...]

Election eve

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Published: November 3, 2003 at 11:13 PM

Cambridge elections are tomorrow, with responsible decision making complicated as usual in a place where the political spectrum usually ranges between Left and A Little Further to the Left. It makes the process more difficult to always be working when meetings or debates are held, but it must be confusing for other citizens as well; [...]

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