Cumulative Voting Comes to the Amarillo Independent School District: A Research Note

In: Politics & policy: a publication of the Policy Studies Organization, Band 29, Heft 4, S. 602-619

Abstract

This paper examines the use of cumulative voting in the 2000 Amarillo Independent School District Board of Trustees election. As in many jurisdictions, cumulative voting was adopted to settle a lawsuit brought by minority residents of Amarillo & two minority membership organizations. Using data collected from the ballots cast, this paper illustrates the use of cumulative voting by Amarillo voters & identifies which candidates benefited from the new election system. The paper also adds to our limited knowledge of the dynamics of campaigns for local school boards. 4 Tables, 38 References. Adapted from the source document.