1988 Worldcon Site Selection
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Site Selection for the 1988 Worldcon was conducted by ConFederation, the 1986 Worldcon. (Due to a change in the lead time, site selection for the 1989 Worldcon was held at the same time.
There were four bidders, the Bermuda Triangle Bid, Cincinnati in '88, New Orleans in '88 and St. Louis in '88. There was also a Yugoslavia in '88 bid which did not file and was not on the site selection ballot.
The results were:
Bidder | At-Con | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
New Orleans in '88 | 269 | 643 | 912 |
Bermuda Triangle Bid | 189 | 236 | 425 |
Cincinnati in '88 | 100 | 149 | 249 |
St. Louis in '88 | 83 | 110 | 193 |
Sydney Cove in '88 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
None of the Above | 3 | 12 | 15 |
No Preference | 21 | 27 | 48 |
Void (Double votes, no member) | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Total | 671 | 1192 | 1863 |
New Orleans in '88 fell just slightly short of a majority on the first ballot and was elected once the None of the Above and Sydney Cove in '88 votes were redistributed.
- File 770 55, p. 6 (summary of bids as of Aussiecon 2)
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