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BayCon to Host Westercons 77 and 78

   Published Date: July 6, 2024  1 Comment on BayCon to Host Westercons 77 and 78

BayCon will host both Westercon 77 (2025) and 78 (2026), after the members of Westercon 76 in Utah voted to award the right to host Westercon 78 to a bid from BayCon’s parent non-profit organization. BayCon 2025 was previously awarded the right to host Westercon 77, as announced on June 14, 2024.

18 members of Westercon 76 in Utah voted in the 2026 Site Selection election. BayCon received 13 of the votes cast. The summary of votes is as follows.

Write-in: BayCon 2026 13
Write-in: Nome of the Above (sic) 1
Write-in: Both 1
None of the Above 2
Total With Preference 17
Needed to Elect (majority) 9
No Preference/Blank 1
Total Ballots Cast 18

The write-in bid for BayCon 2026 applied to a bid filed by the Society for the Promotion of Speculative Fiction on July 2, 2024.

A more detailed breakdown of votes cast per day will be in the minutes of the Westercon 76 Business Meeting

Author: kevin.standlee

Kevin is an expert on the official rules of Westercon. He led the committee that redrafted the Westercon Bylaws in the 1990s and is effectively the primary author of the current Westercon Bylaws. Disclaimer: Kevin was Chair of Westercon 74 (Tonopah 2022).

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