2017 TAFF Race
In 2017, TAFF sent a North American to Worldcon 75 in Helsinki, Finland. The administrators were Curt Phillips (United States, 2014 winner) and Anna Raftery (UK, 2016 winner). They issued no newsletter, just a few brief announcements online: The race was announced in October 2016 (day unspecified), with nominations "open through the end of November". Voting started in December, with deadline of March 4, 2017; in February this was extended until Monday April 17, the end of Eastercon 2017 "after much deliberation, consultation, and poking from interested fans … in order to encourage more votes, especially those who will be enjoying a convention over that weekend". The winners were announced a day later.
| Candidate | N. Am | Eur | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Gulde | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| Alissa McKersie | 30 | 29 | 59 |
| John Purcell | 48 | 11 | 59 |
| Hold Over Funds | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| No Preference | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Total Votes | 92 | 52 | 144 |
The TAFF rules require candidates to receive at least 20% of the vote in both North America and Europe. Sarah Gulde did not reach this, so was eliminated together with Hold Over Funds and No Preference; the votes were recounted using their second place preferences. In the following years, Gulde ran again and was second out of 4 in the 2019 TAFF Race and the winner out of 2 in 2024 TAFF Race.
| Candidate | N. Am | Eur | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alissa McKersie | 32 | 35 | 67 |
| John Purcell | 54 | 14 | 68 |
| Total Votes | 86 | 49 | 135 |
John Purcell became the delegate by a single vote. He also visited UK before the Worldcon and published his trip report in instalments between November 2017 and March 2018. All three candidates had "posted campaign material online".
- https://tafftrip.com – one-off website
| 2016 | TAFF | 2018 | Website | 2017 |
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