Voting

When do Nominations Open?

Newlywed Couples who have been married over the past Twelve (12)/Eighteen (18) Months are eligible to vote are targeted through FaceBook Marketing seeking their support to vote for the TOP5 Wedding Suppliers.

The week before the launch of Voting in a Region, all Businesses that we have on our Database will receive an ADVANCE NOTICE Email to advise of the pending Voting Launch the following week. But more importantly to cleanse our Database of Businesses that are no longer in Business or where emails have changed.

Launch Date for Voting are listed on this website at: https://weddingindustryawards.au/upcoming-events/

Regional Wedding Businesses will be advised by email if we are aware of a business for the pending Wedding Industry Awards™ for their region one (1) week before voting is launched. Businesses should Post on their Social Media Pages the content supplied by Wedding Industry Awards™ for their Newlywed Couples to vote for them in the Wedding Industry Awards™. Also, businesses will be Tagged from the region on FaceBook. This is especially important in regions where majority of wedding couples come from outside the region, in other words Destination Weddings.

When do Nominations Close?

The Wedding Industry Awards™ will announce when Nominations close for a specific region. Nominations will be accepted up until the Nominations closing date. The Voting period is two (2) weeks ONLY to reduce the opportunity for Vote Stacking.

Who can Vote?

Only Newlywed Couples that have been married during the voting period (normally the past twelve (12)/eighteen (18) months)

They need to identify:

• The Partners Names
• Date of the Wedding
• Email Address
• Wedding Reception Venue
• TOP5 Wedding Suppliers
• The Wedding Venue Coordinator

Is there Validation of Nominations / Votes?

Only where there is an exception / extraordinary tally of Votes for a business that is outside the MEAN NUMBER of votes for a business in that Category.

With Wedding Industry Awards™ covering over thirty (35) Wedding Regions of Australia we know what is the expected number of Votes that should be received in any given Business in a Wedding Category.

If it is perceived to be an overstated number of votes (Where a Business has been Nominated in all Five (5) Choices) the Business will have its Votes reduced to one (1) ONLY for that Voting Nomination. Not the 15 Votes expected. Businesses found to be flaunting Wedding Industry Awards will be disqualified from.

The Wedding Industry Awards™ – Voting Platform Identifies:

Fraudulent Email Addresses + the Time of Vote Submission + the actual Computer ID where the Votes came from. We are vigilant with Vote Stacking, being picked up by our (AI) Platforms and then checked again by Humans.

Process

What is the Judging Process?

Newlywed Couples vote for their TOP5 Wedding Suppliers that they believed went beyond the call of duty, professionalism, value for money, excellent customer service including and exceeded their expectations in the delivery of their services to the Couples Wedding Day.

Newlywed Couples are restricted to voting once and were locked out once their vote was cast.

Voting is undertaken on an AI (Artificial Intelligence) Voting Platform named SHORTSTACK.COM

Points were allocated to their voting rank as follows:

TOP5 Point allocation are descending in order:

• First Choice: – 5 Points
• Second Choice:  – 4 Points
• Third Choice: – 3 Points
• Fourth Choice: – 2 Points
• Fifth Choice: – 1 Point

Judging

The Judging Process of Wedding Industry Awards™ is undertaken by an AI (Artificial Intelligence) Platform BLOCKCHAIN to reduce exposure to bias, influence and reinforcing fairness and regularity. All votes are collated and sorted into Wedding Business Categories. If a business is not known, they are researched to ensure that they are from the region of the Wedding Industry Awards™ being undertaken.

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