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Home 2009 Council Election Results November 5, 2009 The results of the 2009 Council election are official.  The eight candidates receiving the most votes were Evelyne Huber, Mark A. Graber, Cristina Beltran, Julie Novkov, Thomas E. Mann, S. Laurel Weldon, Joseph P. McCormick II, and Yun-han Chu. They take office on the Council effective immediately.  Mark Blasius was not elected. Total voter turnout for the election was 4,211, which is 32.0% of all eligible voters.  In the past, the association has had 30.3, 30.4, and 30.8 % voter turnouts for the election. Election Results by Candidate (elected candidates are marked by an *) Votes % of Vote Candidates 2971 71.2% *Evelyne Huber University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Nominated by the APSA Nominating Committee 2895 69.4% *Mark A. Graber University of Maryland Nominated by the APSA Nominating Committee 2808 67.3% *Cristina Beltran Haverford College Nominated by the APSA Nominating Committee 2676 64.2% *Julie Novkov State University of New York, Albany Nominated by a Petition of 69 members 2634 63.2% *Thomas E. Mann Brookings Institution Nominated by the APSA Nominating Committee 2539 60.9% *S. Laurel Weldon Purdue University Nominated by the APSA Nominating Committee 2391 57.3% *Joseph P. McCormick II Pennsylvania State University, York Nominated by the APSA Nominating Committee 2329 55.9% *Yun-han Chu Academia Sinica/National Taiwan University Nominated by the APSA Nominating Committee   2306 55.3% Mark Blasius City University of New York Nominated by the APSA Nominating Committee Catherine Zuckert, University of Notre Dame, John Ishiyama, University of North Texas,  and Dan Reiter, Emory University, comprised the Elections Committee that certified the results.  Hayle Ziobro served as APSA's election manager.  The vote was conducted by Campus-Vote.com under contract to APSA.