1996 Worldcon Site Selection

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Site Selection for the 1996 Worldcon was conducted by ConFrancisco, the 1993 Worldcon. The only bidder which filed was LA in '96 which won and went on to run L.A.Con III.

The results:

Bidder By Mail At the Door Total
LA in '96 206 926 1132
Write-ins:
Hawaii 1 18 19
I-6 in '96 0 2 2
"La-la Land" 0 2 2
Rottnest Island, W.A., Prudhoe Bay AK, Hold Over Funds, Timbuktu, R'lyeh in '96, Ougadogou, Reykjuvik (sic) Iceland, L-5 in '95, Spuzzum BC 1 10 11
Illegal Ballots 1 0 1
None of the Above 11 50 61
Total Expressing a Preference 220 1011 1231
No Preference/Blank 12 43 55
Total Ballots Cast 232 1054 1286
Needed to Elect (Majority of Ballots Expressing a Preference): 616


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