Voting Rules

These rules apply to public voting for the current edition of the Jonglei Stars Awards.

Eligibility

1. Anyone with a Google (Gmail) account with a verified email address may vote.
2. Voters must sign in with their Google account before voting.

Voting limits

3. Each Google account may cast one free vote per category.
4. Voters may vote in as many categories as they wish.
5. Votes cannot be changed or withdrawn after submission.
6. [If JSA approves paid or additional votes, the price, limits and payment method will be stated here.]

Voting period

7. Votes are accepted only while voting is officially open, as shown on this website. Votes submitted after closing are not accepted.
8. JSA may temporarily suspend voting for technical or integrity reasons.

Integrity

9. Automated voting, use of bots, creating multiple accounts to vote repeatedly, or any other attempt to manipulate results is prohibited.
10. JSA may review suspicious activity and exclude votes that breach these rules. Every exclusion is recorded with a reason in the audit log.
11. Google sign-in limits votes per account; it cannot prove that each account belongs to a different person.

Results

12. [JSA to confirm whether public votes decide winners fully, or are combined with a judging panel, and in what proportion.]
13. Final results are verified by JSA and are final.

These rules are a draft and must be approved by the JSA Executive Committee before launch.