There are two phases to Best of Clark County: nominations and voting. During the nomination phase, the community can nominate any qualified organization that is located in Clark County. This can be either by adding a nomination to one that already appears on the ballot or by writing in your own. The five organizations with the most nominations in each category move on to the voting phase. At that time, no additional names will be added to the ballot. Both phases culminate with the announcement of the winners in The Columbian’s special publication.

No. There is only one vote allowed per category per registrant for each phase. You may nominate one business per category during the nomination phase, and you may vote for one business per category during the voting phase.

The top nomination recipients from last year’s BOCC appear on the ballot at the beginning of the nomination phase (except in the case of newly added categories). Users are also allowed to write in their own nominees, which will then appear in the list as soon as they are approved (please allow 1-3 business days for them to appear).

Once the nomination phase is over, the votes are tallied and the 5 businesses with the most nominations move on to the voting ballot.

Yes! During the nomination period, write-in nominations are accepted for businesses/organizations who are located in Clark County. Once a nomination has been approved, it will appear in the list for everyone to see. Once the promotion has moved on to the voting phase, no additional nominations are accepted.

Your votes are recorded as you go. Each time you click the “nominate” or “vote” button, your choice is automatically saved and submitted.

Yes, votes are automatically saved and submitted as you work your way through the ballot. You do not have to vote in every category to participate, and you can stop and start your voting at any time during the nomination and voting date windows (you may be asked to log in again).

Yes. After you select a business or organization, you will see “CHANGE NOMINATION” or “CHANGE VOTE” next to each of the remaining choices. Simply click there to change your selection.

Yes. As long as the BOCC contest is still open, you may return to the ballot at any time to change your vote, using your registration information.

No, only actual votes via the online ballot process will be counted. But we encourage comments so that other voters can see why you think your nominee is the best!

Votes are tallied at the end of each phase. Only votes submitted through the BOCC website are counted. No printed ballots will be accepted. The five businesses/organizations who receive the most nominations are then eligible for the final round of voting. The business/organization receiving the most votes during the voting round is declared the category winner with a runner-up also announced. The Columbian works with its software partner to monitor nominations and votes. If nominations or votes are deemed to be fraudulent and do not follow the guidelines outlined in the BOCC FAQs, those nominations/votes may be disqualified. These include, but are not limited to, votes cast outside the United States or deemed to come from automated sources.

In the nomination phase, a tie will result in both (or more) businesses moving on to the voting ballot. In the voting phase, a tie could result in businesses sharing the “best of” title.

Each year, BOCC categories change. To establish which categories are to be used for the current year, the team looks at previous years’ votes and ongoing business trends.

Once the promotion begins, we do not allow changes to the categories unless there is an error. Requests for categories to be considered for future promotions can be sent to info@columbianpromotions.com.

The Columbian reserves the right to remove a business or organization from consideration in a category if it does not offer the services applicable to that category; however, we are not able to move a business from one category to another. Each business must be nominated by a registered voter. We are also not able to alter the ballot results once nominations and voting close should an error in a particular category occur.