Greetings R.A.P. member! Below is the official ballot for this year's R.A.P. Awards. The finalists are on this month's R.A.P. CD, so you will obviously need it to complete the ballot. The tracksheet that accompanies this month's CD contains further instructions on how to cast your vote. Please read it before continuing. We'll wait....

Okay, welcome back! You will need the name on your R.A.P. account and the account number to proceed. You can find these on the top line of the address on the envelope your magazine came in, or you can find it on the top line of your address on any invoices we've sent you recently. Check with your bookkeeper. If you are having no luck finding your information, contact us for help. A valid email address is also required but does not need to match any address we may have on file. All this information will be kept confidential. No one will ever find out who you voted for. We only need the information to confirm the ballot is from a qualified R.A.P. Member. This is nothing new -- we have required this type of validation from our international subscribers for twenty years for any ballots faxed to us.

Only one ballot per R.A.P. account will be accepted. So, four or five of you at the same station cannot use the same account name/number information to submit more than one ballot. In the event we receive additional ballots with matching account numbers, all but the original ballot will be discarded.

The rest is pretty simple! Listen to the CD, use the drop-down menus to select your favorite in each category, then hit the SUBMIT button at the bottom.

BALLOT DEADLINE: March 12, 2010 at 6pm CST. Ballots received after this date/time will be discarded.

ERROR MESSAGES: After you hit the Submit button, you should go to a "Thank You" page confirming transmission of your ballot. For some reason we haven't figured out yet, some computers will generate an error message after the Submit button is clicked and never show the "Thank You" page. The error page will say that "the email was not sent", meaning your ballot was not sent. Most of the time, your ballot has indeed been sent and received. If you get this error, we are aware of it and will reply with an email letting you know that we did get your ballot. If you get the error, and don't get a reply from us within a couple of hours (during business hours), feel free to contact us to confirm receipt of your ballot.

Thank you for taking the time to lend us your ears! May the best creatives win!