Although Babel was removed during the final vote count, here is what the interim vote count looked like. It looks like it would not even be on the short list.
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I don't know what the score means, but notice that for Babel it starts lower and never changes, while the others increase presumably from lower ranks being added to score. I think the only way Babel happens if there were no ballots who put it lower only top position. It is also suspicious that it goes out at the seventh position, just losing out to the lowest slate.
Also, why would they the disqualify it if it had been eliminated. It makes sense to disqualify at the beginning or end of nomination. Also, there is no final vote count, there is nomination count and the final vote. It was removed before the final vote.
1: https://alpennia.com/blog/comparison-hugo-nomination-distrib...