2008 Worldcon Site Selection

Worldcon Site Selection for the 2008 Worldcon held at L.A.con IV in 2006. Balloting concluded in 6pm on Saturday, and as no bidder had an absolute majority on the first ballot, counting followed the run-off procedures described under Site Selection ballot counting.

Only Columbus in 2008, Chicago in 2008 and Denver in 2008 completed their bid filing, so the other sites which got votes were ineligible. (There was a Geneva Convention hoax bid, but of course it did not file.)

Round 1 -- Initial count:

Bid	Mail-In	Wed	Thur	Fri	Total
Chicago in 2008	88	58	99	244	489
Columbus in 2008	55	43	98	237	433
Denver in 2008	69	45	111	269	494
Monkeys Eyebrow	1		1		2
Geneva	1		2		3
Hollister	1	6	21	51	79
Minneapolis in '73	1	1		2	4
I95 in 95				2	2
None of the Above	1	1	3	5	10
Total With Preference	217	154	335	810	1516
* Needed to Win					759
No Preference	5	3	7	30	45
Total Valid Ballots	222	157	342	840	1561

Round 2. No bidder had 759 votes, so another round was needed. For this round, None of the Above and non-filed bids were dropped, and any ballot with one of them listed first was re-distributed to the voters' second choice. (Votes in parentheses were dropped.):

Bid	Mail-In	Change	Wed	Change	Thur	Change	Fri	Change	Total
Chicago in 2008	89	+1	58		109	+10	252	+8	508
Columbus in 2008	57	+2	46	+3	105	+7	247	+10	455
Denver in 2008	71	+2	49	+4	118	+7	302	+33	540
Total With Preference	217		153		332		801		1,503
* Needed to Win									752
No Preference	5		4	+1	10	+3	39	+9	58
Total Valid Ballots	222		157		342		840		1561

Round 3. There was still no winner, so the remaining bidder with the fewest first-place votes -- Columbus in 2008 was dropped and their votes redistributed to the voter's second (or third in some cases) choice. (Votes in parenthesis were dropped.)

Bid	Mail-In	Change	Wed	Change	Thur	Change	Fri	Change	Total
Chicago in 2008	114	+25	75	+17	145	+36	326	+74	660
Denver in 2008	84	+13	64	+15	152	+34	372	+70	672
Total With Preference	198		139		297		698		1,332
* Needed to Win									667
No Preference	24	+19	18	+14	45	+35	142	+103	229
Total Valid Ballots	222		157		342		840		1561

This yielded a very narrow victory 12-vote for Denver in 2008.

When there is no first-round winner, an extra step is required to confirm that the winner after eliminations is preferred to none-of-the-above (see Site Selection ballot counting). This is done to prevent a victory by a disliked minor bid in a race with many contestants splitting the vote.

Bid	Mail-In	Wed	Thur	Fri	Total
<winner>	69	45	111	269	494
None of the Above	1	3	3	5	12
Total With Preference	70	48	114	274	506
* Needed to Win					254
No Preference	152	109	228	566	1,055
Total Valid Ballots	222	157	342	840	1561

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