Round 2 of this year’s Best of Tucson® ballot is ready for you! What’s this “Round 2” you might be asking. We tallied your votes (Well, I did) and we gathered finalists in every category. “The Best” will be selected (by you!) from these champions.

I know, I know, many of you preferred the old method of voting where which person/place/institution got the most votes straight out won the whole thing. I feel for you but we’ve talked about this and am afraid the two level voting situation is here to stay.

You have until the end of the day on Sunday, Aug. 2 to fill out your ballot. Try not to be too bummed if your favorite places didn’t make the finals—Maybe even take some time to explore your options. You might find a new favorite pizza place or public garden.

Now, after approximately 2 billion consecutive hours of working on this ballot, I’m going to sleep. You should work on your submission and tell your friends to do the same. Please.

This article appears in Jun 18-24, 2015.

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8 replies on “The 2015 Best of Tucson Finalists Have Been Decided”

  1. For future surveys I suggest adding 2 options: “None of the above” and “N/A” for folks who don’t use those services and/or ver much favor another option.

  2. @Pallas You have to fill out a minimum of 30 questions, but we actually prefer it if you leave a category blank if you don’t have an opinion on it. As far as preferring another option goes, that’s what Round 1 is for! This round is for the finalists who proved popular in the open voting.

  4. Strange that Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute won best art classes last time, but they didn’t even make it to this round of voting…….. Were they in round 1?? I missed all of round 1 somehow. 🙁

  5. Deanna, Round 1 was open voting, so you could have voted for anyone in any category—so sorry you missed it! I just double checked the results and while the Desert Museum did get a few votes, they didn’t quite crack the top 5. Maybe next year!

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