"I suspect people do not read it, just see the word ballot and a list of names and assume"
I think that was pretty much what I did.
When I get given a bag with a whole bunch of stuff I look through for the things that are what I'm interested in, ie the Programme Guide and Readme. Everything else gets a cursory glance: Hall Costume Tokens, some freebie books and sample chapters, something that says "Doc Weir" with a bunch of names on that I don't know, some advertising and then it gets chucked aside "to be looked at later if I can be bothered".
I'm not really into the fanzine/ fandom/ fan-whatever side of things, so it didn't really get looked at and although Judith made a pitch to me for the "Vote for Smudge", I didn't know his name either (having seen the picture I vaguely recognise him as someone from Tech, but that's it) so I didn't feel I could vote on that basis.
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I think that was pretty much what I did.
When I get given a bag with a whole bunch of stuff I look through for the things that are what I'm interested in, ie the Programme Guide and Readme. Everything else gets a cursory glance: Hall Costume Tokens, some freebie books and sample chapters, something that says "Doc Weir" with a bunch of names on that I don't know, some advertising and then it gets chucked aside "to be looked at later if I can be bothered".
I'm not really into the fanzine/ fandom/ fan-whatever side of things, so it didn't really get looked at and although Judith made a pitch to me for the "Vote for Smudge", I didn't know his name either (having seen the picture I vaguely recognise him as someone from Tech, but that's it) so I didn't feel I could vote on that basis.