Tai-Pan isn't nearly the factor it once was. Nominations and voting has been open to anyone who registers for several years now. Because most of the fandom is either blissfully unaware of the awards program or perhaps doesn't care, it's still fairly easy for a faction to "stuff the ballot box." If I remember correctly, last year it looked as if there were fewer than 200 voters on the final awards.
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Date: 2009-02-20 03:15 pm (UTC)