BALLOTURE AWARDS — 2026 NOMINEE FACT SHEET
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Official nominee index for press desks. Ceremony winners stay sealed until two-person reveal.

PROGRAM YEAR
- Active award year: 2026
- Public routes: /nominees, /categories, /awards/2026, /winners, /ceremony, /press, /search

2026 PUBLIC NOMINEE SLATE
Outstanding Performance
- Donald Trump — July 31, 2025 White House EO signing — ballroom non-interference delivery
- Karoline Leavitt — Oct 23, 2025 White House press briefing — East Wing modernization defense
- Donald Trump — Jan 20, 2025 inaugural address — Liberation Day
- Ted Cruz — Sept 30, 2025 Senate Judiciary hearing — crime hearing list delivery
- Donald Trump — Mar 4, 2025 joint address — Social Security recipient ledger delivery
- Donald Trump — Mar 4, 2025 joint address — 21-million criminal-border delivery
- Donald Trump — Mar 4, 2025 joint address — Panama Canal deaths/reclamation delivery
- Donald Trump — Mar 4, 2025 joint address — Ukraine-spending delivery
- Donald Trump — Apr 2, 2025 Liberation Day tariffs announcement
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — Jan 29, 2025 confirmation hearing — vaccine-support pledge

Original Screenplay
- Donald Trump — July 31, 2025 ballroom continuity claim as settled fact
- Donald Trump — Oct 22, 2025 Rutte Oval — had to take down the existing structure
- Karoline Leavitt — Oct 23, 2025 briefing — renderings always showed modernization
- Elon Musk — Feb 11, 2025 Oval DOGE remarks — restore democracy frame
- Donald Trump — Mar 4, 2025 joint address — Panama Canal reclamation story

Production Design
- White House ballroom program — July 31, 2025 announcement stagecraft and renderings
- East Wing demolition optics — Oct 20–23, 2025 East Wing teardown documentation
- Donald Trump — Oct 22, 2025 Rutte Oval — ballroom models and boards
- Ontario anti-tariff Reagan ad — Oct 2025 ad/report record — Reagan imagery packaging
- $770 L.A.-fire-aid clip package — Jan 14, 2025 short — isolated aid-language packaging

Distinguished Public Service
- Karoline Leavitt — Oct 23, 2025 briefing open — Democrat shutdown civic-suffering frame
- Elon Musk — Feb 11, 2025 Oval — essential cuts for solvency / the people
- Elon Musk — Feb 11, 2025 C-SPAN short — restore democracy as public service
- Donald Trump — Mar 4, 2025 joint address — Social Security anti-fraud-for-seniors frame
- Donald Trump — Mar 4, 2025 joint address — Ukraine-spending accountability frame

Film Editing
- Viral Cruz hearing excerpt vs full record — Sept 30, 2025 Judiciary hearing — selective fragment vs full YouTube record
- Ballroom claim vs demolition continuity edit — July 31 vs Oct 22, 2025 — non-interference claim to takedown narrative
- Ballroom claim vs East Wing demolition pair — July claim juxtaposed with Oct demolition visual record
- Ontario’s rearranged Reagan anti-tariff ad — Oct 2025 ad vs full Reagan source — selective rearrange
- $770 L.A.-fire-aid clip vs full briefing — Jan 2025 isolated short vs ABC full briefing

REVEALED VS SEALED
- Public winner pages and low-bandwidth ceremony feeds name winners only after two distinct operator approvals and reveal.
- 2026 winners stay sealed until that two-person reveal. Do not describe any nominee as a winner before reveal.

CREDITS & RIGHTS
- Use credit lines printed on nominee records.
- Editorial use requires attribution; ceremony stills follow the Press and Embargo Policy draft.
- Public evidence is YouTube with start-time deep links. Unsupported providers are rejected at nomination intake.

CONTACT
- Press desk: press@balloture.com
- Corrections: follow draft Correction and Public Records Policy
- Credentials: /press (role-gated desk)

ARCHIVE CROSS-LINKS
- /awards/2026 — live public year
- /press/archive-url-map.txt — live public URL map
- Evidence stills, where published: /media/records/{nominee-id}.jpg

RELATED ROUTES
- /winners — public ledger (sealed 2026 outcomes omitted)
- /ceremony — sealed slots unlabeled until dual approve
- /methodology — scoring and secrecy safeguards
- /legal/press-embargo-policy — draft embargo rules
- /legal/correction-and-public-records-policy — append-only corrections

FAQ FOR DESKS
Q: Can we call any 2026 nominee a winner?
A: No. 2026 winners stay sealed until two-person reveal. Treat /winners and /ceremony as authoritative.

Q: What is the live public year?
A: 2026. Category, nominee, and archive navigation for the live program year starts there.

Q: Are published stills official photography?
A: Public stills are captured YouTube evidence frames at the cited start time.

Q: What video providers are accepted?
A: Nominations require YouTube with start-time deep links. Unsupported providers are rejected at nomination intake.

EMBARGO LANGUAGE
Do not publish sealed winners, sealed citations, approval lists, ballot selections, voter identity, reviewer private notes, or submitter emails. Treat public HTML and /api/ceremony projections as authoritative for what may be named.