Kevin Standlee: Fandom Is My Way of Life

I think it's a marvelous idea. As you said, I'm sure it goes on all the time at a very small scale. I'm not sure about "encouraging" it, but pointing out once in awhile that it's not illegal, isn't ballot-box stuffing, or whatever is not probably a good idea.

It might also be useful to point out you could have a "mixed" ballot. For instance, there are categories I would like to vote for, but others I wouldn't mind not voting for. Allowing someone else knowledgable to give me "advice" on how to fill in those blanks would be a good thing.

This is kind of a personal version of the Hugo Recommendation community and the BASFA list.

I always hate it when I have to leave lines blank because I'm unaware of deserving candidates in a category.