E Pluribus Hugo: Difference between revisions

'''E Pluribus Hugo ''' (or "'''EPH'''") is the name for the voting method invented to make the nominations process for the Hugo Awards more proportional. It was created in response to a problem where a minority of voters (split into two allied sub-factions who called themselves the "Sad Puppies" and "Rabid Puppies" respectively) were able to use coordinated bloc voting under the prior method to control a majority or even all of the nominations. EPH was designed for a situation where the list of eligible candidates is quite long; for instance, for the "Best Short Story" Hugo, all science fiction short stories that were published in past year. It works as follows:

EPH was invented in 2015 by [[Jameson Quinn]], in collaboration and cooperation with the commenters on the blog Making Light. It was analyzed in a paper by Jameson Quinn and [[Bruce Schneier:]]. <ref>{{Cite web |title=A Proportional Voting System for Awards Nominations Resistant to Voting Blocs - Schneier on Security |url=https://www.schneier.com/wp-contentacademic/uploadsarchives/2016/05/Proportional_Voting_Systema_proportional_votin.pdfhtml|first1=J.|last1=Quinn|first2=B.|last2=Schneier |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=www.schneier.com}} (This paper was fully peer reviewed and accepted in its final form by the journal Voting Matters, but the journal folded before the relevant issue was published.)</ref> It was adopted by the World Science Fiction Society for Hugo nominations in votes in 2015 and 2016, and first used in 2017.

[[Category:Approval-basedBinary voting methods]]