About Voting

Cambridge has a ranked choice system, which might be different than what you’re used to. Essentially, you'll be given a ballot with a list of the candidates, and you will fill in a bubble for the rank you want to give them.

So you'll start with something like this:

Seabiscuit	1	2	3
Phar Lap	1	2	3
Secretariat	1	2	3

And turn in something like this:

Seabiscuit	1	2	3
Phar Lap		2	3
Secretariat	1		3

Preview an official sample ballot

Counting the Votes

If you'd like to know more about how Cambridge elects 9 councillors from a bunch of ballots with numbers... See our interactive presentation to learn more about Ranked Choice Voting.