Welcome to the balloting thread for the
Top DUmmies of 2015!
Actually, this thread doesn’t have any ballots, as voting’s by secret ballot only; one’s to e-mail one’s selections to
ralphwiggumcave@outlook.com
Voting
used to be public, on a thread such as this, but it gave lurking primitives too much of a reasonable idea how each of them were doing—and if they weren’t doing well, they stopped coming here—and the selections are supposed to be a surprise.
Using the secret ballot keeps them coming back, over and over again, until it’s over.
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One is asked to vote for ten primitives for Top DUmmie.
One is also requested to
rank one’s top five choices (the second five can merely be listed, nothing more), from first to fifth.
One’s top choice is then given 5 votes, one’s second choice 4 votes, one’s third choice 3 votes, and one’s fourth
and fifth choices 2 votes. And then the lower five get one vote each.
Weighted voting is used so as to ensure that only legitimate
bona fide primitives are selected. Further on down the roster, it doesn’t matter, but high up on the roster, it matters a great deal.
So don’t simply list ten primitives;
rank the top five, and list the second five.
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One is asked to vote for one primitive for the William Rivers Pitt award, the “Willie.â€
The “Willie†is given to the
most-memorable primitive since the emergence from under the seas of Skins’s island on January 20, 2001. It’s a one-time award, previous winners not eligible. Please select only from the ballot, no write-ins.
2014 DainBramaged
2013 undergroundpanther
2012 Alan Grayson
2011 nadinbrzezinski
2010 BouncyBall (tie)
2010 William Pitt (tie)
2009 TomInTib
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Voting takes place beginning now until circa suppertime Tuesday December 15.
After one has voted, but then later wishes to change a vote or two or three, one can do that just so long as it’s done by the deadline.
There will be a twelfth award, the
franksolich, but that’s not one that’s voted on; It’s awarded the primitive whom franksolich deems worthy of Top DUmmiehood but was overlooked by the people.
Awards will be dispensed the week between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, with the
Top DUmmie of 2015 being the final, and biggest one.
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Okay, so the obvious question; if voting’s by secret ballot only, why a thread for which public comments are solicited?
Some like their votes to be public, and this is the place to do it. But remember, votes listed on this thread
are not counted as votes; to be counted,
votes must be e-mailed to the address given above.Others like to “campaign†for their favorite primitives, to sway the undecided voters, and this is the place to do it. Feel free to promote, boost, talk up, your favorite primitives, telling the undecideds why they deserve their votes.
Ballot to come, as soon as I’m done printing it up.