Not necessarily would they have voted for any one else as their number 2 and 3 choices. Had they only voted for him he would have gotten 3 points off of each ballot and none of the other judges would have received any points for those ballots. That is exactly why Ed Barrit got 1700+ votes because many members only voted for him. Nothing wrong with that since they chose to keep using the weighted ballot. As long as they use it there will always be the possibility that a judge will get more points than ballots submitted. Lee Brown Too far from the womb and too close to the tomb to care about what anyone thinks of me. In a message dated 11/11/2010 9:49:37 P.M. Central Standard Time, MASSTANA@xxxxxxx writes: It is true that he got the highest number of 1st place votes. But If it had been a weighted ballot he wouldn't have come close because all the people who voted for other judges wouldn't have had him as one of their 3 selections. Therefore there would have been no further points counted for him. Someone with lots of 1st place votes and lots of 2nd and 3rd place votes would most likely have gotten a higher total. John.V ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================