City Council			School Committee				Notes
Election	# Total	#Invalid	%Invalid	#Total		#Invalid	%Invalid
Year	Ballots	Ballots	Ballots	Ballots		Ballots	Ballots		CC-SC
1941	35553	685	1.9 %	3553		1026	2.9%		0
1943	26162	1107	4.2%	26175		1456	5.6%		-13
1945	34126	1355	4.0%	34130		1863	5.5%		-4
1947	38697	1263	3.3%	38697		1773	4.6%		0
1949	40546	1603	4.0%					SC data missing
1951	37252	1247	3.3%	37274		1359	3.6%		-22
1953	39000	1347	3.5%	39016		1590	4.1%		-16
1955	37371	1139	3.0%	37378		1447	3.9%		-7
1957	35364	973	2.8%	35391		1311	3.7%		-27
1959	34287	915	2.7%	34303		1162	3.4%		-16
1961	33239	832	2.5%	33238		1032	3.1%		1
				33238		1039	3.1%	SC recount
1963	32938	970	2.9%	32936		1205	3.7%		2
				32939		1205	3.7%	SC recount
1965	31819	827	2.6%	31817		1024	3.2%		2
1967	31382	870	2.8%	31386		1177	3.8%		-4
1969	25613	631	2.5%	25609		872	3.4%		4
	25613	637	2.5%					CC recount
1971	30400	769	2.5%	30406		1033	3.4%		-6
	30401	756	2.5%					CC recount
1973	26241	481	1.8%	26248		710	2.7%		-7
1975	27969	582	2.1%	27960		849	3.0%		9
1977	23593	377	1.6%	23589		554	2.3%		4
1979	26908	538	2.0%	26912		1213	4.5%		-4
1981	25569	539	22.1%	25563		1349	5.3%		6
1983	30053	1072	3.6%	30032		2269	7.6%	CC and SC blanks may have been included	21
1985	24393	546	2.2%	24388		1733	7.1%		5
1987	23860	489	2.0%	23853		1349	5.7%		7
1989	27593	644	2.3%	27585		1974	7.2%		8
1991	23335	363	1.6%	23327		1206	5.2%		8
1993	22140	327	1.5%	22128		1122	5.1%		12
1995	19183	320	1.7%	19173		762	4.0%		10
1997	17229	350	2.0%	16671		285	1.7%	51 CC blanks included, only 11 SC blanks included	558
1999	19161	384	2.0%	18268		307	1.7%	92 CC blanks included, only 14 SC blanks included	893
2001	17688	562	3.2%	17649		1160	6.6%	199 CC blanks and 848 SC blanks included	39
2001				17666		1149	6.5%	SC recount
								Data by Robert Winters

 

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