2009 Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) results

Official Winners: Carol Becker, David B. Wheeler. See the results and ranked-choice vote tabulation of the 2013 BET race.

November 3, 2009

Municipal Election

Board of Estimate and Taxation Member
CandidateFinal round voteFinal round percentage
Carol J. Becker 10,697.5560 33.34%
David B. Wheeler 8,107.4270 25.27%
Phil Wilkie 4,098.4360 12.77%
Dewayne Townsend 3,674.0740 11.45%
Exhausted 5,508.5070 17.17%

This was a ranked-choice voting (RCV) race. Voters were asked to rank up to 3 different candidates. After 6 rounds of tabulation, the top two candidates were elected; Becker and Wheeler. 

See the ranked-choice voting tabulation below for more details.

Ballots cast summary
Total votes cast 32,086 Total votes counted in the first round. Does not include undervotes, overvotes, defective, or spoiled ballots.
Threshold 10,696 One-third of total votes cast for office + 1, disregarding fractions.
Undervotes 13,882 Voter did not rank any candidates for the office.
Spoiled ballots 1,888 Ballot spoiled by voter at polls.
Totally defective ballots 1 Unable to determine voter's intent for any office on the ballot.

A cast vote record (CVR) is a document automatically created by the voting system. It contains information from each ballot. The official candidates last names were abbreviated to three letters. Write-ins appear as written.  Choices left blank appear as XXX.