Vote count ends, with challenger Cheung victorious
Leland Cheung, a 31-year-old graduate student, has been preliminarily elected to Cambridge’s City Council, pushing incumbent Larry Ward off the panel.
New prediction: Election count ends this evening
The count of auxiliary ballots goes on at the Central Square Senior Center, with the determination of winners in City Council and School Committee races likely, but not certain, by the end of the day
Vote count hours are extended, but won’t finish tonight
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
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
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
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
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 …
Complexity can sour relationship with city
Raul 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 vi …
Computer glitch frustrated election crowd
Cambridge election officials try to solve a hardware problem holding up the vote count Nov. 8, 2005, in Central Square. (Photo: Schuyler Pisha) The anxious crowd was focused on one thing Tuesday night: Who won? Would it be the same City Council and Sch …
Unique voting gets display today
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 …
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