Politics & Government
Bass Fishing: How Voting Went to Choose New Councilman
A round-by-round look at how City Council voted to come up with its newest member.
Here's a look at how the voting went during the special meeting of the Lake Forest City Council on Tuesday in which it appointed David Bass as the successor to Peter Herzog.
Bass will serve through the end of 2014.
The council did a straight vote for five rounds, then went to a tier system in which each council member named their first, second and third choices in order, and councilmen voted from the available pool in each tier.
HOW THEY VOTED
Straight Ballot
Round 1
Adam Nick: Jim Gardner
Dwight Robinson: Andrew Hamilton
Kathryn McCullough: Terry Anderson
Scott Voigts: David Bass
Round 2
Nick: Jim Gardner
Robinson: Andrew Hamilton
McCullough: Terry Anderson
Voigts: Hugh Everhart
Round 3
Nick: Jim Gardner
Robinson: Andrew Hamilton
McCullough: Terry Anderson
Voigts: Andrew Hamilton
Round 4
Nick: Jim Gardner
Robinson: Andrew Hamilton
McCullough: Terry Anderson
Voigts: Andrew Hamilton
Round 5
Nick: Jim Gardner
Robinson: Andrew Hamilton
McCullough: Terry Anderson
Voigts: Andrew Hamilton
Tier Voting
Each council member ranked candidates 1-2-3, and chose from that group
Tier 1
Round 1 nominations
Nick: Jim Gardner
Robinson: Andrew Hamilton
McCullough: Terry Anderson
Voigts: Jim Richert
Round 1 voting
Nick: Jim Reichert
Robinson: Andrew Hamilton
McCullough: Terry Anderson
Voigts: Jim Richert
Tier 2 nominations
Nick: Jim Richert
Robinson: David Bass
McCullough: Abstained
Voigts: Hugh Everhart
Tier 2 voting
Nick: Jim Richert
Robinson: David Bass
McCullough: Abstained
Voigts: David Bass
Tier 3 nominations
Nick: David Bass
Robinson: Jim Richert
McCullough: Abstained
Voigts: Andrew Hamilton
Tier 3 voting
Nick: David Bass
Robinson: Andrew Hamilton
McCullough: Abstained
Voigts: Andrew Hamilton
Motion to name Andrew Hamilton to City Council
Nick: Abstained
Robinson: Yes
McCullough: Abstained
Voigts: Yes
Motion failed
Motion to name David Bass to City Council
Nick: Yes
Robinson: Yes
McCullough: Abstained
Voigts: Yes
Motion carries, 3-0 with 1 abstention
Editor's note: Article corrected to reflect Voigts voting for Hamilton in Rounds 4 and 5.
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