The strength of this system, council members say, is that it allows people to cast write-in votes without "wasting" their votes.

After eliminating write-in votes in the first round of voting early Saturday morning, most of the 45 write-in votes in the presidential race went to Gusmorino, who picked up 13, and Stephen N. Smith '02, who picked up 10. In the vice-presidential race, most of the 52 write-in votes went to Lee after the first round.

Perhaps the most confusing votes, election officials said, were the handful of votes that went to "no one."

"I don't know if 'no one,' 'who cares,' and 'nobody' are the same person," joked Jared S. Morgenstern '02, the council's technology coordinator, who tallied the votes early Saturday morning.

Three men who are soon to be freed of their previous obligations of high office also received votes. President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore '69 and Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine all got one vote for the council presidency.

Similarly, Todd E. Plants '01, Benjamin M. Wikler '03 and Benjamin Dreyfus '01--all candidates for the council presidency or vice presidency last year--received votes in this year's election.

Harvard celebrities John Harvard, Ann Radcliffe, Shuttlegirl, Jonathan Taylor Thomas '04 and Natalie Portman '03 also got write-in votes.