Proxies are essentially the corporate law equivalent of absentee balloting. International groups assisted in the organization of the elections and observed actual balloting. A total of 926 voters participated in the balloting. By the time the presidential balloting began, there were only 64 delegates present. Georgia Tech has had several players receive votes in the Heisman Trophy balloting. Hardaway finished fifth in the NBA Rookie of the Year Award balloting. The convention originated in IEEE 802.16 balloting procedures. The selection was the result of the 49th annual Topps balloting of Major League managers. Dudley finished fifth in the 1941 Heisman Trophy balloting. Aoi was voted into 53rd place in the balloting. He placed seventh in the National League (NL) Rookie of the Year balloting. Freeman finished second to teammate Craig Kimbrel in the NL Rookie of the Year balloting. He also finished seventh in Vezina Trophy balloting. He placed fourth in the Cy Young Award balloting. He finished third in the AL Cy Young Award balloting.