Sears Award Voting Procedure

We will vote on the 2013 Sears Award on 16 and 17 May 2013.

We will use ranked voting. Ranked voting allows us to avoid a runoff. Search "instant runoff voting" for a full explanation.

When you vote, you must rank at least three nominees as your first pick, second pick and third pick.

We have five nominees.

Nominee biographies will go live on the blog and by global email on Wednesday night CONUS time to give our colleagues in Guam and Japan a full 48 hours to vote.

Please read the biographies and rank the best nominees. Don't say you can't vote because you don't know any of these people. I hope you didn't avoid voting in the last national election because you were not personally acquainted with President Obama.