1976 Worldcon Site Selection

Site selection for the 1976 Worldcon was conducted by Discon II, the 1974 Worldcon. The bidders were KC in '76, Columbus in 1976, New Orleans in '76 and Highmore in '76 (the latter being a hoax bid which was not on the ballot). There was also a 34th World SF Convention Bidding Committee to hold it in Scandinavia, but it never filed.

KC in '76 won and went on to run MidAmeriCon.

The results:

Bidder	1st Ballot			2nd Ballot
	Mail	at-con	total
KC in '76	226	92	318	424
New Orleans in '76	117	78	195	253
Columbus in 1976	43	89	132	eliminated
Total	386	259	645	677

There also were a substantial number of "other" votes including write-ins for Highmore in '76 which were not included in the final report. Presumably they were also eliminated and redistributed and account for the total number of ballots increasing between the first and second round.

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Worldcon Site Selection

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1976

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