>Personally I wouldn't bother with any of that and would
>instead just say voters can cast between 1 and 5 votes in as
>many or as few categories as they want, and:
>
>first vote = five points
>second vote = four points
>third vote = three points
>etc.

like will said, put up the categories like the FYC post and let people reply with their top pick in the subject and next four (or three or two or one or none) in the message, in order by preference. at that point, "nominees" would just be the top five point-getters, with the winner just whoever's first.

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