And another overnight update:
Brian Hope has kindly confirmed that the voting system etc. has not been changed - some misinformation from Ewald.
For background, here is the excerpt from Ewald's mail to me:
Yes, TC had reopened the discussion about the motion on recommendation of the current LAA board! The vote was not according to their voting mode (they changed the mode thereafter to avoid things like this happening again) and they realized that the award had been given correctly for the above mentioned reason.