I was about to say the same thing. Aside from the fact that Locus subscribers count double, the Locus Awards are open to everyone. I keep sending people who insist that "voting should never cost anything, anyhow, no way, just like I don't have to pay to vote in my national elections," (which misunderstands the difference between public and private organizations) to the Locus Awards.
I have reduced my volume on the creation of classes of membership cheaper than a Supporting membership that include voting rights (which, BTW, any Worldcon could create right now; they could even create a free voting-only class if they chose to do so, as it's not prohibited). That's because the changes to the multiplier on conversion of supporting-to-attending memberships during the initial 90-day post-election period mean that Worldcons have no excuse for keeping the advance supporting membership fee so high. You can sell a supporting membership for $30-40 and make money on it (which means it helps support the Worldcon) now.
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I have reduced my volume on the creation of classes of membership cheaper than a Supporting membership that include voting rights (which, BTW, any Worldcon could create right now; they could even create a free voting-only class if they chose to do so, as it's not prohibited). That's because the changes to the multiplier on conversion of supporting-to-attending memberships during the initial 90-day post-election period mean that Worldcons have no excuse for keeping the advance supporting membership fee so high. You can sell a supporting membership for $30-40 and make money on it (which means it helps support the Worldcon) now.