Industry voting takes place shortly after the Top 50 Retailers and Top 50 Installers have been announced. Voting rules are as follows:
- Votes for all industry awards are only open to industry participants. (Consumers can vote for a new, separate Customer’s Choice Award. More info here.)
- Participants may make one vote for each selection field.
- Voting takes place online through an approved submission platform. Emailed votes or votes placed in any of other way than the approved platform will not be accepted.
- Each voter must provide contact information and employment information to determine eligibility.
- For contest accuracy, IP addresses for each vote are captured and compared to deter fraud. Voting by several members of a single location using a single computer / IP address is allowed. Samples of fraud include:
- Voting for others outside your location: The same IP address used for votes by more than one person with different listed locations
- Voting from home and work: Using different email addresses or other information to place two votes from the same person
- Non-professionals voting as industry professionals: Votes marked “Industry Professional” without a recognized industry affiliation
- Votes by any person under the age of 14
- Insufficient contact information to verify a vote