Voting over for Round 1 of Aviva contest.

frenchtulip

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beaker

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I'm a little confused on this competition. I had to register to vote.
And it said this:
Who can vote?
Anyone in Canada who is registered on the Aviva Community Fund website can vote for ideas during the Qualifying and Semi-Final phases of the competition.
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I take that to mean that only Canadian citizens are eligible to vote.
Can someone involved in this project please comment ?
I don't want them to lose votes later or be disqualified.
I have held off voting for now.
 
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Sean

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beaker said:
I take that to mean that only Canadian citizens are eligible to vote.
Can someone involved in this project please comment ?
I don't want them to lose votes later or be disqualified.
I have held off voting for now.
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I am not involved with the project in any way, and am not Canadian. I am in Australia and have voted in a number of Aviva contests, including voting 3 times so far in this current one, all with no problems.

So go right ahead, vote your heart out. :thumbsup:
 
beaker

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Sean said:
I am not involved with the project in any way, and am not Canadian. I am in Australia and have voted in a number of Aviva contests, including voting 3 times so far in this current one, all with no problems.

So go right ahead, vote your heart out. :thumbsup:
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But did you read this part :
Can votes be disqualified?
Aviva, the sponsor of the Aviva Community Fund competition, can disqualify any votes that they consider to be fraudulent or contrary to the Terms & Conditions. Proxy voting is not allowed. Proxy votes will be removed from the competition at the sole discretion of Aviva.
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But did you read this part :

Can votes be disqualified?
Aviva, the sponsor of the Aviva Community Fund competition, can disqualify any votes that they consider to be fraudulent or contrary to the Terms & Conditions. Proxy voting is not allowed. Proxy votes will be removed from the competition at the sole discretion of Aviva.
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Nope, didn't see that.

All I can say is they have not stopped me from voting.
 
Little Bluestem

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beaker said:
I take that to mean that only Canadian citizens are eligible to vote.
Can someone involved in this project please comment ?
I don't want them to lose votes later or be disqualified.
I have held off voting for now.
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I brought this up on another thread. A bunch of us voted in last year's contest. IIRC someone wrote them and they said the voting was open to everyone. Only Canadians can enter. It appears that they have not updated their website.

Please do go ahead and vote. You get one vote per day. You use it or lose it. If they don't like the votes, they can delete them later.

I made vote 785.
 
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I think we've had this issue over trying to interpret Aviva's rules in previous years and when the PWME organising the mass-voting have checked with Aviva, it's that only Canadians can propose ideas but voting is worldwide. The multi-stage nature of the contest and the way the rules are written causes this confusion every time but I'm pretty sure that those of us outside Canada can (and should!) vote.

@frenchtulip, is that correct?

Meanwhile, I recommend we all keep voting.

Just done today's - Day 4!
 
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From their Terms and Conditions:

Voting process

Everyone registered on the Aviva Community Fund site can vote for their favourite idea(s) during the Idea Entry and Semi-Final phases of the competition.

[and]

Individuals can vote once per day in the voting periods of the Qualifying Rounds and Semi-Finals. You cannot vote on behalf of other people.
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I will keep voting. :thumbsup: :hug:
 
beaker

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Little Bluestem said:
I brought this up on another thread. A bunch of us voted in last year's contest. IIRC someone wrote them and they said the voting was open to everyone. Only Canadians can enter. It appears that they have not updated their website.

Please do go ahead and vote. You get one vote per day. You use it or lose it. If they don't like the votes, they can delete them later.

I made vote 785.
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Thank you for the clarification.
I didn't want to vote and then have it mess them up.
So off to vote !
 
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