Chicon 8, the 80th World Science Fiction Convention, received 2,235 valid ballots (2,230 electronic, five paper), down from 2,362 at DisCon III, Worldcon 79. There were 1,368 valid nominating ballots (1,366 electronic, two paper), up from 1,249.
The procedure for counting nominations remains the ‘‘E Pluribus Hugo’’, or EPH, system. The rather complicated point system gives a single point to each voter’s ballot, dividing that point among the nominees. The ...Read More