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January 8

Jury of the Ballon d'Or

Hi, were the votes of the jurors once sent by mail directly to France Football magazine? Once there was no Internet, I refer mainly to the seventies. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.41.100.198 (talk) 13:46, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

I tried to do some research on this, but couldn't find anything. I do note that it would have had to be some sort of physical paper ballot prior to the Internet (mid 1990s at the earliest). A similar American award is the Heisman Trophy, where prior to about 2007, paper ballots were mailed out to eligible voters, who filled them out and mailed them back to the Downtown Athletic Club (prior to 2001) or the Heisman Trophy Trust (since 2001). This describes the paper balloting procedure for the Heisman. I suspect it had to be something similar. --Jayron32 14:06, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

Not necessarily: they could have used phone, or telegram. --47.146.63.87 (talk) 06:26, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

This article says that in France (before 2018) you could send a telegram by phoning the operator (AFAIK this wasn't possible in the UK where telegrams were retired in 1982). I still think the normal mail service is more likely though. Alansplodge (talk) 13:44, 10 January 2020 (UTC)