Vote for ‘This is Zimbabwe’ in the 2005 Weblog Awards

Click here to vote!

‘This is Zimbabwe’ is a finalist in the 2005 Weblog Awards, in the category for ‘Best Middle East or Africa Blog’. The final decision on who the winner is will be determined by public voting.

Please support us by clicking on the link in the right hand column and voting for ‘This is Zimbabwe’.

Zimbabweans are advised that they need not produce national identity cards when they vote; they will not be forced to attend an intimidating pre-voting rally; it does not matter if they have a distant relative that was born decades ago in a different country, and they will not be visited by thugs at some point and threatened with violence.

And if our blog does not win? We assure you all that we will not track you down and punish you by beating you up or depriving you and your family of food!

You may also be interested to note that on this occasion, you too can enjoy that unique experience enjoyed by a minority of Zimbabweans; namely, what it feels like to have multiple votes ! (Read the rules below for more information on how that works.)

It’s a voting experience. Enjoy it, and at the same time help us to raise our profile and continue fighting for democracy in Zimbabwe.

Fingers crossed!

If you would like to support us further, please add a link to the voting category from your website or blog. To do so, copy the following code and paste it into the html of your page in the place where you would like our image with a link to appear.

<a href="http://weblogawards.org/2005/12/best_middle_east_or_africa_blo.php"><img src="http://www.sokwanele.com/images/buttons/wa_finalist_whitebg.gif" title="Click here to vote for 'This is Zimbabwe'" alt="Click here to vote for 'This is Zimbabwe'"/></a>

Alternatively, right click on the image above, save it to your harddrive and then upload it to your server - remember to change the image source to reflect the location of the file on your server. Then add the following link to the image.

<a href="http://weblogawards.org/2005/12/best_middle_east_or_africa_blo.php"></a>

Many thanks for your support!

These are the voting rules:

• Polls close December 15, 2005.
• You may vote once every 24 hours in each poll.
• After voting in an individual poll you will be locked out from voting again in that poll (on the computer you voted from) for 24 hours.
• Each poll has it’s own separate 24 hour lockout control. Voting in, for example, Best Blog will not lock you out of voting in other categories.
• Vote totals are not final until certified.
• Vote totals are subject to periodic correction for identified cheating.
• Cheaters will be banned from the site.
• We reserve the right to close some or all polls earlier than the posted end date.
• Negative comments about finalists are not permitted here. Your comment will be deleted and you will be banned.
• Question as to why a blog is or isn’t included should be left on the general support thread (located at Wizbang).

UPDATE:

In the last few days before voting ends (15 December) - use the following code to load the animated gif below to your website, instead of the image above.

<a href="http://weblogawards.org/2005/12/best_middle_east_or_africa_blo.php"><img src="http://www.sokwanele.com/images/buttons/wa_finalist_animated.gif" title="Click here to vote for 'This is Zimbabwe'" alt="Click here to vote for 'This is Zimbabwe'"/></a>

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