The reason this came up is that Felos et. al. were claiming that Hammesfahr made up the fact that he was nominated. I even heard one of the talking heads say there wasn't any such thing as a nomination process.
But the fact is he was nominated and it is a legitimate nomination.
The procedure for nomination is given here:
http://www.nobel.no/eng_com_nom.html "Any one of the following persons is entitled to submit proposals:
members of national assemblies and governments;
members of international courts of law;
university chancellors; university professors of social science, history, philosophy, law and theology;
leaders of peace research institutes and institutes of foreign affairs;
former Nobel Peace Prize laureates;
board members of organisations that have received the Nobel Peace Prize;
present and past members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee; (committee members must present their nomination at the latest at the first committee meeting after February 1);
former advisers at the Norwegian Nobel Institute.
Observing the rules given in the statutes of the Nobel Foundation, the Committee does not publish the names of candidates. "
I even heard one of the talking heads say there wasn't any such thing as a nomination process. There is a nomination process, just as there was a nomination process for the 2003 gubernatorial recall election in Florida. I would question the judgement, however, of anyone (with a few exceptions*) who would boast of being a gubernatorial nominee.
(*) For some people, like Mary Carey, such a claim might be good for business due to novelty value.
I'm sure being nominated for the Nobel Prize probably feels pretty good, but the term "nominee" might better be described as "applicant".