From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] It's Helsinki in 2017
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 08:23:35 -0400 (EDT)
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Forwarded from http://kevin-standlee.livejournal.com/1490932.html

  Unofficial 2017 Worldcon Site Selection Results

  I was one of Montreal's team members counting ballots for the 2017
  Worldcon Site Selection.  Once the results were determined, there
  was an agreement that the results would be embargoed until 23:15 PDT
  to allow the bids to talk with their own teams.  About 45 minutes
  after that, I tweeted the summary results, and my phone went crazy
  with retweets.

  Helsinki wins the 2017 Worldcon outright on the first ballot,
  polling 52% of first-preference votes with a near-record turnout.

  There were 2624 total ballots cast, with 2605 expressing a
  preference.  That means that to win on the first ballot, a candidate
  needed 1303 votes (a majority).  The major candidates received:

  Helsinki: 1363
  DC: 828
  Montreal: 228
  Nippon: 120

  The remainder were write-ins and invalid ballots, not affecting the
  result.

  Technically, these results are unofficial until received by the Site
  Selection Business Meeting on Sunday morning. There is no dispute
  about the results, however, so the receipt of the results should be a
  formality.  However, inasmuch as both I and jared_dashoff are part of
  2017 bids, we'll both recuse ourselves from presiding over that part
  of the meeting in favor of Donald Eastlake III, the Business Meeting
  Parliamentarian.