{"id":3398,"date":"2007-11-06T21:53:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-06T21:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2007\/11\/vote-early-and-often-2.html"},"modified":"2007-11-06T21:53:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-06T21:53:00","slug":"vote-early-and-often-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2007\/11\/vote-early-and-often-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Vote early and often!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There are still a couple days left to vote! If you click on the logo above, you can add your vote<\/b> to the Weblog Awards — and maybe give the ol’ Deacon’s Bench a boost. Operators are standing by to tally your vote. If I win, I promise to mention you at the podium. (My wife is already shopping for a dress. Let’s not disappoint her, okay?)<\/p>\n

You can also vote directly at this link<\/a>. <\/p>\n

You can vote once every 24 hours — a privilege of the blogosphere which is unheard of with things like the Oscars or the Electoral College. Is this a great system, or what? <\/p>\n

And, look at it this way: with a high voter turnout (especially, um, for me<\/b>), it will spare the blogosphere the drawn-out agony of a Supreme Court recount. <\/p>\n

Thank you, and God bless America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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