Top 25 Poll Ballots Accepted

• From: bokonon90
• Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 20:19:15 -0800
• Message-ID: <000T1JTU3.001EAC19Q.12170551-quizbowl_at_...>

I am accepting proposed ballots to be used for a
Top 25 poll - ballots will be accepted from the
present until December 3, 2000. E-mail your proposed
ballots to the following address :
actop25_at_...
All members of the academic competition are welcome
to submit their ballots. The purpose of this open
ballot request is to create a stable panel of
knowledgeable voters that will vote in possible future closed
polls. 

Voters are asked to submit a ranked list
of schools from #1 to #25, without ties.


List each school with corresponding rankings, and list
them only once. A vote for "Michigan A" at #3 and for
"Michigan B" at #14 will be counted as a vote for Michigan
at #3, with teams 15-25 being moved up. Make sure
you specify which program you are voting for with
sufficient specificity (some abbreviations, like "UIUC" or
"MIT" will be sufficient, while "U of M" will not be ;
certain abridged names like "Missouri" and "Washington"
are best avoided since they are somewhat
ambiguous.)

Your ballot must contain at least 20 valid entries or
it will be returned to you. 

Each #1 vote a
school receives is worth 25 points, each #2 vote worth
24, and so on until 1 point is received for a #25
vote. 

Extreme outlier ballots will be excluded
if they significantly skew the poll results in any
way ; in addition, individuals submitting such
ballots will not be invited to any future panels.


Try your best not to leave any dimpled, pregnant, or
swinging chads on your ballots. Thank you. 

-Tim
Young
Poll Administrator