Exit survey indicates one-third of voters in NY election gave all 6 votes to 1 candidate

Many in NY election gave 6 votes to 1 candidate

PORT CHESTER, N.Y. — An exit survey indicates that nearly a third of the voters in an unusual election in a New York City suburb cast all six of their votes for one candidate.

Residents of Port Chester chose village trustees last month using a system called cumulative voting. They each had six votes and could apportion them as they wished among 13 candidates.

Nearly 2,000 of the 3,357 voters completed exit surveys. A report on those surveys was released late Tuesday.

The report says at least 68 percent gave more than one vote to a candidate and 34 percent gave all six votes to one candidate.

The election was ordered by a federal judge who found that the previous system was unfair to Hispanics. The June 15 election resulted in the first Hispanic elected to the board of trustees.