1993 Worldcon Site Selection

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For the 1993 site selection run at ConFiction in 1990, the bidders were San Francisco in '93, Hawaii in '93 (a write-in campaign), Zagreb in 1993 and Phoenix in '93. San Francisco won and went on to run ConFrancisco.

Roelof Goudriaan, the site selection administrator, reported the results of the site-selection voting for the 1993 Worldcon:

Total mail-in ballots: 329 Total at-con ballots: 759 Total ballots cast: 1088

San Francisco in '93 was the winner (see below for complete voting details). The committee distributed Progress Report 0, and Terry Biffel gave a brief report, listing the Guests of Honor. -- Of the losing bids: Zagreb in 1993 had no statement, Hawaii in '93 released balloons ("The bid is dead; Long live the bid!"). For Phoenix in '93, Mr. Berry stated that they would not protest the pink ballots [the ballots distributed by Hawaii in '93 with a vote for Hawaii already written in], but strongly urged the meeting to reevaluate the role of write-ins in the voting process. ("I hope you get what you voted for.")

Elimination round: 1st 2nd 3rd
Site Mail Con Total Mail Con Total Mail Con Total
Phoenix in '93 50 97 147 50 97 147
San Francisco in '93 174 262 436 175 264 439 204 316 520
Zagreb in 1993 30 145 175 30 145 175 35 158 193
Hawaii in '93 67 232 299 68 233 301 82 242 324
Rottnest Island 1 0 1
Brighton-on-the-Green, MA 1 0 1
None of the Above 0 3 3
No (further) Preference 6 20 26 6 20 26 8 43 51
Total Votes with Preference 1062 1062 1037
Needed to Elect 532 532 519
Total Votes 1088 1088 1088


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