If write-in votes determined the outcome of the Undergraduate Council election, Pforzheimer House resident Nathan Shenk-Boright '03 would be the next council president.

With a total of seven votes from his blockmates, Shenk-Boright topped Homer Simpson and Alf, "the cat-loving alien" for the most write-in votes.

"My blockmates said I'd be a good administrator and I'm well liked by the student body," Shenk-Boright joked.

Shenk-Boright said that he cast his votes for Paul A. Gusmorino '02 and Sujean S. Lee '03, who won last week's election for council president and vice-president respectively.

Former Hillel Chair Michael D. Rosenberg '02 got four votes for vice president and a similar number for president. A similar write-in campaign catapulted Rosenberg onto the council earlier this fall as a Cabot House representative. He was expelled after missing all but one meeting.

Homer Simpson--best known for his role in Fox's cartoon series--received write-in votes for both the council presidency and vice presidency. In addition to Homer, Simpsons characters "Dick Butkis," Waylon Smithers, Montgomery Burns and "the comic store guy" also got votes.

Of the 6,122 ballots cast last week, nearly 100 were write-in votes. The council's unique voting system allowed voters to support a write-in candidate without compromising their favorite candidate.

Using the council's single transferable vote (STV) system, voters have the opportunity to rank each of the candidates. In each round, the lowest-ranking candidate is eliminated, and votes for that candidate are redistributed to the voters' second choices. This is repeated until one candidate receives a majority.