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Gary Klein, Reference Librarian at the Hatfield Library, Willamette University, produced the following analysis of the results of the 2007 ALA election. Information about who won what for whom is avalable at http://www.ala.org/election2007.

Gary's analysis:

Hot off the presses from the American Library Association's website,
this year's presidential race was a very narrow one, with only 125 votes
separating Nancy A Davenport from the winner, James R Rettig.

The votes cast for the treasurer's race was a bit wider, with 178
ballots separating Jo Ann Pinder, from the winner Rod M Hersberger.

The total number of ballots submitted this year was 15,031.

There were 95 candidates competing for 33 seats on ALA Council.

Please extend a hearty congratulations to all of the candidates for
ALA's council positions, and for all the other vacancies within ALA's
other units.

Here is my annual analysis of results of ALA elections for Councilor
At Large positions, showing the number of ballots received, for each of
the candidates, and the cutoff point, as to what was the minimum number of
ballots that elected people into office.

This year, the least number of votes cast for a councilor candidate
was 1,506. and the most popular candidate received 3,965 votes. The
cutoff point for winning a councilor at large position was 2,853 votes in
2007, compared to 3,216 in 2006.

The least number of votes for a councilor candidate in 2007 was
2,034, the most popular candidate receieved 4,769 votes. The cutoff point
for winning a councilor at large position was 3,216 votes in 2007. The
average person who voted, casted a ballot for only 16 or 17 camdidates
(out of a maximum ballot for 33 candidates). Indicating once again, that
most ALA members do not try to wade through the process of selecting the
33 best candidates.

If you could favorably impress 2,855 of your colleagues in ALA, you
could have been elected to ALA Council! That equates to receiving a vote
of confidence from just more than 22.2% of the ALA members who cast their
ballots.

Here are the individual results, ranked by the number of ballots
voted in favor of each candidate for 2007:

Votes Status %cast Firstname Lastname

1506 - - - 11.7% Gregory McClay
1552 - - - 12.1% Verlia Davis Hoggard
1700 - - - 13.2% Clayton Garthwait
1756 - - - 13.7% Joseph Fennewald
1771 - - - 13.8% William Paullin
1777 - - - 13.8% Thomas Schneiter
1810 - - - 14.1% G. Victor Johnson
1866 - - - 14.5% Claire B. Gritzer
1941 - - - 15.1% Alan Mattlage
1977 - - - 15.4% Larry Grieco
1999 - - - 15.5% Charles Hanson
2017 - - - 15.7% John W. Henkle, Jr
2025 - - - 15.7% Alan Kornblau
2028 - - - 15.8% James Teliha
2094 - - - 16.3% Jim Simonis
2138 - - - 16.6% Elinor Foster
2146 - - - 16.7% Frank Bruno
2164 - - - 16.8% Michael J. McGrorty
2211 - - - 17.2% Karen Jessee
2222 - - - 17.3% Carol Ritzem Kern
2237 - - - 17.4% Walter Betts
2251 - - - 17.5% Theresa Dickson
2252 - - - 17.5% Dale McNeill
2297 - - - 17.9% Bart Cassell
2368 - - - 18.4% Carolyn Lowe Garnes
2376 - - - 18.5% Pam Sandlian Smith
2395 - - - 18.6% Sylvia Mora-Ona
2405 - - - 18.7% Jessica Hutchings
2433 - - - 18.9% Thomas Weissinger
2449 - - - 19.0% Aaron W. Dobbs
2454 - - - 19.1% Susan Burke
2455 - - - 19.1% Stewart Bodner
2456 - - - 19.1% Charles Forrest
2468 - - - 19.2% John J. Riemer
2468 - - - 19.2% Clara Sitter
2469 - - - 19.2% Thomas Brogan
2473 - - - 19.2% Sandra (Sandy) Olson
2481 - - - 19.3% K.R. Roberto
2495 - - - 19.4% Marilyn L. Hinshaw
2518 - - - 19.6% Catherine Greene
2522 - - - 19.6% Judith Gibbons
2526 - - - 19.6% Eric Johnson
2540 - - - 19.8% Tiffani Conner
2565 - - - 19.9% Plummer Alston Jones, Jr.
2567 - - - 20.0% Carol Anderson
2578 - - - 20.0% Claudia B. Sumler
2604 - - - 20.2% Debra Cox Rollins
2610 - - - 20.3% Amy Tracy Wells
2617 - - - 20.3% Mary Stansbury
2626 - - - 20.4% Linda Mielke
2648 - - - 20.6% James F. Bennett
2678 - - - 20.8% Nann Blaine Hilyard
2694 - - - 20.9% Trevor A. Dawes
2705 - - - 21.0% Linda Lord
2717 - - - 21.1% John F. Szabo
2757 - - - 21.4% Susan F. Gregory
2783 - - - 21.6% Manuel Urrizola
2794 - - - 21.7% Marilyn McCroskey
2804 - - - 21.8% Marti Goddard
2820 - - - 21.9% Angel Batiste
2827 - - - 22.0% Loida Garcia-Febo
2835 - - - 22.0% Sally Decker Smith
2853 elected 22.2% Gladys Smiley Bell
2856 elected 22.2% M.A. (Peg) Oettinger
2871 elected 22.3% Allene Hayes
2878 elected 22.4% Brenda Pruitt-Annisette
2891 elected 22.5% Amy Harmon
2910 elected 22.6% Charles Pace
2916 elected 22.7% James B. Casey
2927 elected 22.8% John DeSantis
2936 elected 22.8% Melora Ranney Norman
2991 elected 23.1% Patricia A. Wand
2974 elected 23.1% Tom Wilding
2982 elected 23.2% Catherine Murray-Rust
2978 elected 23.2% Barbara Miller
2994 elected 23.3% Em Claire Knowles
2996 elected 23.3% Nadine M. Flores
3024 elected 23.5% Susan Hill
3027 elected 23.5% Heather McClure
3053 elected 23.7% Elizabeth Ann Ridler
3073 elected 23.9% Catherine Cook
3074 elected 23.9% Sue Kamm
3138 elected 24.4% J. Linda Williams
3139 elected 24.4% Kay K. Runge
3146 elected 24.5% Liana H. Zhou
3173 elected 24.7% Annemarie Roscello
3216 elected 25.0% Elaine Harger
3236 elected 25.2% Ismail Abdullahi
3305 elected 25.7% Susan Roman
3386 elected 26.3% Lynn Strickland
3389 elected 26.4% Cristina Ramirez
3471 elected 27.0% Sarah Flowers
3854 elected 30.0% Diane Chen
3910 elected 30.4% Janet Swan Hill
3965 elected 30.8% Bernard A. Margolis

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GARY M KLEIN, Hatfield Library, Willamette University, Salem, OR, USA.
Reference Librarian and liaison for Atkinson, Economics, Education, Psychology, Public Policy and TIUA.
x6743 / #503-370-6743 / gklein@willamette.edu