2017 MVMA Rules & Regulations

Voting for 2017 MVMAs ( Merrimack Valley Magazine Awards ) is open until midnight on Sunday April 30, 2017.

Limit one ballot per person. Each ballot must come from a valid email and IP address, which will be verified. Multiple or duplicate ballots will be disqualified.

Privacy Notice: Information gathered from ballots will be kept private and never shared with another company.

No ballot-box stuffing: In the past, some establishments have taken their in-house mailing lists, sent in entries for their customers, and attempted to ‘stuff’ the ballot box. While we encourage you to set up tablet in-store, so your customers can vote at point-of-sale, large quantities of entries coming from the same IP address within a certain time period will be called into question and subject to disqualification.

No buying votes: Trading votes for services or discounts is also not allowed. If we see a marketing mailer, website ad, social media post, etc., that offers a discount or free service with proof of a vote, we will remove your organization from the nomination forms.

Nominations and write-ins: Write-in votes are not being accepted this year, but you can nominate a business for the 2018 MVMAs. Only local organizations and locally owned franchises will be qualified nominees – no national chains or franchises, please.

Winners will be announced in the July / August issue of Merrimack Valley Magazine and online at MVMag.net, on or around July 3, 2017.

All decisions of 512 Media Inc. and Merrimack Valley Magazine are final.

The 2017 MVMAs are sponsored by: