Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:47:11 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Hugo nominees
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

> "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net> 4/5/2010 7:39 PM >>>
>>"Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu> wrote:

>> Oddly enough, there were a surprising number of ties this year.
>
>That's usually a sign of few nominators.  Small numbers are more
>likely to collide than large numbers.

This from Vince Docherty, 2010 Hugo Administrator:

"We had a record number of ballots received this year"

"Although you might expect there would be fewer ties for fifth place =
statistically due to having more ballots, there were in fact six categories=
 with a tie, resulting in a sixth nominee on the ballot; in one case there =
was even a 4-way tie for third place. That dropped to five categories =
after a nominee declined."

>From comment #59 here: http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/04/05/hugo-thoughts-=
2010/#comments

mjw