The Sawyer Referendum

Question 1: Membership Credentials: English Language
In favor: 515 (72.6%)
Opposed: 173 (24.4%)
Abstaining: 21 (3.0%)
Question 1 passes.

Question 2: Membership Credentials: Electronic Sales
In favor: 416 (58.7%)
Opposed: 236 (33.3%)
Abstaining: 57 (8.0%)
Question 2 passes.

Question 3: Membership Credentials: Gaming
In favor: 186 (26.2%)
Opposed: 460 (64.9%)
Abstaining: 63 (8.9%)
Question 3 fails.

Question 4: Dramatic Nebula
In favor: 450 (63.5%)
Opposed: 227 (32.0%)
Abstaining: 32 (4.5%)
Question 4 passes.

Question 5: Nebula Eligibility
In favor: 290 (40.9%)
Opposed: 344 (48.5%)
Abstaining: 75 (10.6%)
Question 5 fails.

Question 6: Requalification
In favor: 214 (30.2%)
Opposed: 463 (65.3%)
Abstaining: 32 (4.5%)
Question 6 fails.

Question 7: Senior Membership Benefit
In favor: 522 (73.6%)
Opposed: 136 (19.2%)
Abstaining: 51 (7.2%)
Question 7 passes.

Question 8: Location of the Nebula Banquet
Any major world city: 115 (16.2%)
Any major US city: 372 (52.5%)
New York/Los Angeles: 143 (20.2%)
Abstaining: 79 (11.1%)
Question 8 results in no change.

Question 9: Should we abolish the Nebula juries after their work for the 1998 calendar year is completed?
In favor: 169 (23.8%)
Opposed: 380 (53.6%)
Abstaining: 160 (22.6%)
Question 9 fails.

Question 10: Reducing Quorum
In favor: 407 (57.4%)
Opposed: 262 (37.0%)
Abstaining: 40 (5.6%)
Question 10 passes.

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