Re:181 nominees? (Score 0)

The committee will not release the names of the candidates until 50 years after the year of nomination. But they do release the number of nominees.

Anyone who is nominated (or those who nominated them) are free to reveal that information. That is, in fact, how all the stories about Al Gore being in the running have been circulating in the media for some time.

The two examples that I cited are also known because someone revealed their nomination to the media.