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E Pluribus Hugo is a specialized voting system used for tallying nominations in the Hugo Awards to reduce the impact of slate voting and improve the representativeness of finalists.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nomination tallying method
ⓘ
voting system ⓘ |
| appliedBy | Hugo Awards administrators NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Hugo Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| assumes | each voter may nominate multiple works per category ⓘ |
| basedOn | single transferable vote concepts ⓘ |
| category |
award nomination procedure
ⓘ
electoral system ⓘ |
| comparedWith | first-past-the-post nomination systems ⓘ |
| designedBy | members of the World Science Fiction Society ⓘ |
| designedTo |
discourage tactical bloc voting
ⓘ
reward broad support across the electorate ⓘ |
| discussedIn | World Science Fiction Society business meetings ⓘ |
| domain | science fiction and fantasy awards ⓘ |
| effect |
increases diversity of nominated works
ⓘ
reduces dominance of coordinated slates ⓘ |
| feature |
each voter’s ballot has a fixed total weight
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fractional allocation of a voter’s nomination power ⓘ iterative elimination of least-supported works ⓘ prevents a slate from sweeping all finalist slots ⓘ recalculation of weights after each elimination round ⓘ weight of a ballot is divided among all works it nominates ⓘ |
| governingBody | World Science Fiction Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConstraint | fixed number of finalists per category ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
mitigate coordinated slate voting
ⓘ
produce more representative finalist lists ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | Latin phrase "E pluribus unum" ⓘ |
| implementedIn | Hugo Awards nomination counting software ⓘ |
| introducedAs | reform to Hugo Awards nomination rules ⓘ |
| language | English description and documentation ⓘ |
| motivation | controversies over slate voting in Hugo Awards ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | "out of many, Hugo" ⓘ |
| notUsedFor | final ballot voting in Hugo Awards ⓘ |
| output | list of finalists for each Hugo Award category ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
proportional representation
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single transferable vote ⓘ slate voting ⓘ voting power dilution ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Hugo Awards nomination rules
ⓘ
World Science Fiction Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scope | nomination phase of Hugo Awards ⓘ |
| stakeholder |
Hugo Awards nominees
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hugo Awards voters ⓘ |
| usedFor |
improving representativeness of Hugo Awards finalists
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reducing the impact of slate voting in Hugo Awards nominations ⓘ tallying Hugo Awards nominations ⓘ |
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