November 3, 2009

Municipal Election

Council Member Ward 4

Candidate	Final round votes	Final round percentage
Barb A. "Barb" Johnson	1,740	52.74%
Troy Parker	1,252	37.95%
Exhausted	307	0.32%

This was a ranked-choice voting (RCV) race. Voters were asked to rank up to 3 different candidates. After two rounds of tabulation, Barb Johnson was elected. 

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

Ballots cast summary

Total ballots cast	3,299	Total votes counted in the first round. Does not include undervotes, overvotes, defective, or spoiled ballots.
Maximum possible threshold	1,650	Half of total votes cast for office + 1, disregarding fractions.
Undervotes	23	Voter did not rank any candidates for the office.
Spoiled ballots	2	Ballot spoiled by voter at poll.

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.