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<h1>Elections &mdash; <a href="http://www.cs.cornell.edu/w8/~andru/cgi-perl/civs/vote.pl?id=E_772b3424f02ee28f&akey=37e7a93848795fbc">Vote Now!</a></h1>

<p><strong>The voting system allows only one vote per IP address. This is a purposeful limitation of the voting system, but we didn't realize that before opening the polls. Sorry!</strong></p>

<h2>Election</h2>
<p>The 2013 election for our board will be held from <em>noon February 25th</em> to <em>noon March 4th</em>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cs.cornell.edu/w8/~andru/cgi-perl/civs/vote.pl?id=E_772b3424f02ee28f&akey=37e7a93848795fbc">Vote Now!</a> We're using a Condorcet method, which basically means you should provide a list of candidates to us, in order of preference. Further instructions are on the voting page.</p>

<h2>Nominations</h2>
<p>The nomination period has closed, but you may still write in votes.</p>

<h3>Nominated Candidates</h3>
<p>The nominated candidates (in alphabetic-by-first-name order) are:</p>
<ul>
  <li>Aaron Larner</li>
  <li>Abby Larner</li>
  <li>Alnisa Allgood</li>
  <li>Andrew Shell</li>
  <li>Bobby Voliva</li>
  <li>Brad Grzesiak</li>
  <li>Dale Emmons</li>
  <li>Dan Merfeld</li>
  <li>Dave Cieslewicz</li>
  <li>Erik Paulsen</li>
  <li>Forrest Woolworth</li>
  <li>Grant Dobbe</li>
  <li>Jim Remsik</li>
  <li>Jon Hardin</li>
  <li>Max Lynch</li>
  <li>Michael Fenchel</li>
  <li>Philip Crawford</li>
  <li>Preston Austin</li>
  <li>Scott Resnick</li>
  <li>Steve Faulkner</li>
  <li>Tim Nott</li>
  <li>TJ Blitz</li>
  <li>Zach Brandon</li>
</ul>

<h3>Voter Eligibility</h3>
<p>To be eligible to vote you must be active in the tech or web industry in Madison. Broad, we know, but if you are a member of Madisonium, Capital Entrepreneurs, Meetup groups, etc, or otherwise helping to improve the Madison tech community, you are eligible. When in doubt: vote. At worst we'll contact you to learn who you are.</p>