 He jokingly said
that in typical Illinois fashion he had voted for
our fine city three times.However, the fact of the matter is, he
could have voted 10 times the first day and an additional 10 times
daily thereafter until the end of the contest.
The Reader's Digest "We Hear You America" contest offers a
website where folks can go online and "cheer" for their favorite
city. The contest includes a new vehicle and expense-paid "road
trip" for one lucky voter and approximately $5,000,000 in prizes to
a number of cities across America.
As of Friday night, the city of Lincoln was ranked 323rd with
only 347 votes.
Surprisingly, the tiny community of Fairbury, which is in
Livingston County and boasts a population of less than 4,000, is
ranked second with 153,562 votes. If they maintain their
second-place status, they will be the winners of $25,000 cash from
Reader's Digest.
Going online to vote or cheer for our city is a relatively simple
process. First, the website does ask for some voter information:
name, address and e-mail address. After filling in those boxes,
there are checked boxes below asking the registrant if they would
like to receive e-mails from Reader's Digest. Those boxes can be
"un-checked" if desired.
After the initial registration, additional visits to the website
ask that the voter log in with their e-mail address only. This login
constitutes the individual entries into the drawing for the new car.
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After logging in and cheering, voters also have the opportunity to
write a few comments about their town and offer some suggestions as
to how the money might be spent, should their town win.
The contest will end on Feb. 7, which means there is still plenty
of time to vote for our city and give us a chance at a $40,000 grand
prize.
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We Hear You America voting website:
http://wehearyouamerica.readersdigest.com/
index.jsp
[By NILA SMITH]
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