2009 City Council Ward 5 election results

Official Winner: Don Samuels. See the results and ranked-choice vote tabulation of the 2009 City Council Ward 5 race.

November 3, 2009

Municipal Election

Council Member Ward 5
CandidateFinal round votesFinal round percentage
Don Samuels 1,131 52.12%
Natalie Johnson Lee 893 41.15%
Exhausted 146 6.73%

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

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

Ballots cast summary
Total ballots cast 2,170 Total votes counted in the first round. Does not include undervotes, overvotes, defective, or spoiled ballots.
Maximum possible threshold 1,086 Half of total votes cast for office + 1, disregarding fractions.
Undervotes 30 Voter did not rank any candidates for the office.
Spoiled ballots 151 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.