Don't Touch That Ballot...

[kevin_standlee]

...before you read pnh's post about the 2007 Hugo Awards Nominating Ballot. There are going to need to be some corrections. On the bright side, with the majority of the ballots these days being cast electronically, it will be easier to correct the on-line ballots if they move quickly.

One other issue that I noticed (and contacted their Hugo Administrators about a few days ago) is that they neglected to include the extended-eligibility information in the "Eligibility" section. The 2006 Business Meeting passed a resolution (authorized by the Constitution) extending the eligibility of works first published outside the US that were first published in the USA in 2006. Thus (for example), a novel published in Australia in 2005 but then published in the USA in 2006 is eligible for the 2007 Hugo Awards. (Works that received nominations on their first round of eligibility do not get a second chance at a Hugo, however.)

Update, 23:00: My concern about the extended-eligibility issue was apparently addressed and it's part of the online ballot now, but I didn't see it (possibly I needed to hit reload a few times on my browser to see it), and the e-mail from the Hugo Administrator telling me she'd taken care of it never made it to my in-box. (No aspersions to cast; sometimes mail gets caught in the spam trap or otherwise doesn't arrive.)

Comments

[bovil.livejournal.com]

Would you consider posting this to hugo_recommend?

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

Will do.

[timill]

Isn't it works that made the ballot (or would have if not withdrawn) that don't get the second shot?

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

That's what I meant. I don't consider someone who got one nominating vote (or even made the "also ran" list) as "being nominated." Only those that make the final ballot are Hugo Nominees.

[buddykat.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the pointer, Kevin. I received my ballot last week, but have barely glanced at it, so hadn't noticed the errors.

[yourbob.livejournal.com]

As a person of authority (TM) would you consider putting something over in the Hugo Recommendation community about ballot problems? You may think it inappropriate, and that's fine.

[dinogrl.livejournal.com]

Awww Crap!
I was nominated on that ballot! Whaaaaaaaaah!
Really.

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

Do you want to clarify that? I expect that nominations cast using this (flawed) ballot will count; it's just that the administrators will need to correct the ballot language and possibly give people who nominated on the flawed ballot an opportunity to correct their nominating ballot if they wish.

[jbriggs.livejournal.com]

"if they move quickly"

You're a funny guy! (^:

[redneckotaku.livejournal.com]

I haven't gotten my pin, so I am going to wait until that revision is posted to the ballot. A couple of the BDP-Short Form Candidates are shows that fall under this rule (Shows released in Japan in 2005, but released in the US in 2006.) Hopefully, this major change can happen quickly.