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| − | The 1987 [[TAFF]] race was eastbound, sending a North American [[fan]] to [[Conspiracy '87]], the 1987 [[Worldcon]] in Brighton, England. The candidates were [[Jeanne Gomoll]] [[Bill Bowers]], [[Brian Earl Brown]], [[Mike Glicksohn]], and [[Robert Lichtman]]. Gomoll won. The administrators were [[ | + | The 1987 [[TAFF]] race was eastbound, sending a North American [[fan]] to [[Conspiracy '87]], the 1987 [[Worldcon]] in [[Brighton]], [[England]]. The candidates were [[Jeanne Gomoll]] [[Bill Bowers]], [[Brian Earl Brown]], [[Mike Glicksohn]], and [[Robert Lichtman]]. Gomoll won. The administrators were [[PNH|Patrick]] and [[Teresa Nielsen Hayden]] in the US and [[Greg Pickersgill]] in the UK. |
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The administrators followed a somewhat odd (but not invalid in this case) procedure. Instead of removing one candidate each round, they removed all of the candidate who failed to get at least 20% of the vote in Round 2, yielding a race between Glicksohn and Gomoll with Gomoll the clear winner. (Had the race been closer it's possible that eliminating many candidates at once might have changed the result, but here it is not mathematically possible.) | The administrators followed a somewhat odd (but not invalid in this case) procedure. Instead of removing one candidate each round, they removed all of the candidate who failed to get at least 20% of the vote in Round 2, yielding a race between Glicksohn and Gomoll with Gomoll the clear winner. (Had the race been closer it's possible that eliminating many candidates at once might have changed the result, but here it is not mathematically possible.) | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:38, 15 May 2023
The 1987 TAFF race was eastbound, sending a North American fan to Conspiracy '87, the 1987 Worldcon in Brighton, England. The candidates were Jeanne Gomoll Bill Bowers, Brian Earl Brown, Mike Glicksohn, and Robert Lichtman. Gomoll won. The administrators were Patrick and Teresa Nielsen Hayden in the US and Greg Pickersgill in the UK.
| First Round | Second Round | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | NA | UK | Other | Total | NA+O | UK | Total |
| Jeanne Gomoll | 96 | 42 | 4 | 142 | 159 | 53 | 212 |
| Mike Glicksohn | 57 | 20 | 0 | 77 | 86 | 26 | 112 |
| Robert Lichtman | 35 | 11 | 2 | 48 | |||
| Bill Bowers | 26 | 4 | 1 | 31 | |||
| Brian Brown | 25 | 3 | 0 | 28 | |||
| Hold Over Funds | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
The administrators followed a somewhat odd (but not invalid in this case) procedure. Instead of removing one candidate each round, they removed all of the candidate who failed to get at least 20% of the vote in Round 2, yielding a race between Glicksohn and Gomoll with Gomoll the clear winner. (Had the race been closer it's possible that eliminating many candidates at once might have changed the result, but here it is not mathematically possible.)
| 1986 | TAFF | 1988 | Website | 1987 |
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