Tiebreaker Counts!

For Toastmasters contests, the tiebreaker ballot is more important than you may know!

It is also important to correctly score all contestants.

In the example above, you have a tie for first place. You would open the tiebreaker ballot, and use it to break the tie for first place between Speaker #3 and Speaker #5 (14 points each).

Do not apply the tiebreaker ballot to uncontested placements. You would NOT use the tiebreaker counts to Speaker #1 and Speaker #2 - their placement as 3rd and 4th are already calculated, and adding tiebreaker counts would only confuse the scoring, and not be correct.

However, you are not done yet! There is still a tie for 6th and 7th place (zero points each)!

Yes, to correctly report the standing for ALL contestants, you also need to break the tie between Speaker #4 and Speaker #6. They may not have gotten a placing from any of the regular judges, however, that does not disqualify them from placing in the contest!
All contestants that were not disqualified for other reasons should and must be reported to the next level!

For example, let's say that Speakers #1, #2, #3, #5 and #7 were all in a lottery pool together: they won, and all decided to go to Hawaii instead of going to the next level contest.
Who is the valid person to be allowed to compete in their stead: Speaker #4 or #6?

That is why you need the tiebreaker ballot to be counted for ALL contestants.

This information is entered on form 1182 - Notification of Contest Winner - as completed by the Chief Judge.