1986 TAFF Race

The 1986 TAFF race (East to West) to select someone from Britain, Ireland or Europe to travel to North America was calmer (and the vote much lower) than the 1985 race. It was administered by Rob Hansen and Patrick and Teresa Nielsen Hayden.

	First Round				Second Round
Nominee	NA	Europe	Australia	Total	NA	Europe	Australia	Total
Greg Pickersgill	49	48	1	98	70	52	3	125
Simon Ounsley	44	37	3	84	52	46	6	114
Judith Hanna	40	18	5	61
Hold Over Funds	0	2	0	2	2	5	0	7
Writein	3	1	0	4
Totals	136	136	9	248	124	103	9	246

Write-ins included votes for "Woofie Bear", Ken Slater, Terry Jeeves and the Yorkshire Ripper.

Note that the elimination appears to have been done incorrectly: "Hold Over Funds" should have been eliminated before Judith Hanna. It would not have made a difference in her elimination, but might have prevented a deadlock with no one getting an absolute majority if Hold Over Funds couldn't be eliminated. As it happened, this was avoided anyway.

• A detailed report on the voting. File 770 59, p. 26
• Ballot.
• Website.

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