I had been glum (and puzzled) about what appeared to be a sudden and steep drop in turnout in this year’s ALA election. However, I had made a crucial error–I had mixed up the total ballots submitted with just the e-ballots. Turnout is on track!
If we sustain the participation rate of a little over 200 ballots per day, by 4/25 we should have around 10,700 ballots, for about a 10% increase in turnout from 2003. I’d like to see my colleague win his bet (a 10% increase in turnout), but I’d be happy to win my own bet (5% increase in turnout).
Total ballots, 2003 9,844
Total ballots, 4/8/04 8,309
Total ballots, 4/1/04 6,756
Increase in total ballots, 4/1 – 4/8: 1,553
E-ballots, 4/8/04 7,066
E-ballots, 4/1/04 6,122
Increase in e-ballots, 4/1 – 4/8: 944
Paper ballots, 4/8/04 1,243
Paper ballots, 4/1/04 634
Increase in paper ballots, 4/1 – 4/8: 609
Posted on this day, other years:
- Crowdvine versus SWIFT - 2008
- Gloryoski, Metadata! (Thoughts from IA Summit 2008) - 2008
- Adam Gopnik on Sentences - 2007
- LITA's Blogging IG - 2006
- What a RT could do - 2006
- ALA's "Citation" For Laura Bush - 2005
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