1993 Worldcon Site Selection
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 | Con | Total | Con | Total | 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 | ||||||||
| 1992 | Worldcon Site Selection | 1994 | 1993 |
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