Our "Get Out the Vote" Button Design Contest

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The McCoy Campaign Button Design Contest

On behalf of McCoy we invite you to throw your hat into the ring. Do it for pride. For fame. For your country. (And the free stuff.)

Click on the . . . well . . . "button" . . . at the top of the home page to submit your entry!

The Rules

Submit a button design with a "get out the vote" theme by August 15, 2008

The entire design community votes on the competition

The Prizes

$10 iTunes Gift Card for the first 1,000 designers who post their design

$100 Apple Gift Card if your design is elected a Top 10 winner

100 buttons with your design if elected Top 10 winner

And Sappi will distribute your design as well

Of course, whether you submit a button or not, visit 24-7designheaven.com every day to rate the designs and see the latest frontrunners.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. Must be 13 or older and a legal resident of the 50 U.S., District of Columbia

or Canada (excluding Quebec), to enter. Contest starts 05/15/08 at 12:01 a.m. EST, ends 08/15/08 at 11:59 p.m. EST. For official rules, including how to enter and a full prize

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eoin says:
May 27, 2008
4:13 PM

Hey,
Where are all the designs. Some of the pins come and go... I did one of the designs that was up for a short period of time and my daughter did a design and it has never been seen.

Is there a link of all the designs?

Ron Pride says:
May 27, 2008
9:29 PM

Yeah, like eoin says!
I submitted a design as well and I haven't seen it in the gallery. What gives? This web site does not tell you if your submission is accepted or not. I need to know if my button is there or how I should go about submitting it again. I like what I'm seeing so far—some really great stuff—I hope the world can see my design as well. I want my name on the ballot in every state!

Please advise. Thanks, RP

montalvan says:
May 29, 2008
12:44 PM

I also am not sure if my button went through. It seemed to take a long time to upload, and it never appeared in the gallery. I sent it again just in case, but I hope this doesn't confuse things. Any word from the judges would help.

Thanks,
montalvan

kelstar72 says:
May 30, 2008
8:24 AM

I too, uploaded my button on 5/27, never received confirmation that it was received or anything, still don't see it there anywhere. what gives? are you going to respond to any of our comments?

Evangeline_Schell says:
May 31, 2008
11:46 AM

What do you mean excluding Quebec?
Does that mean we can't enter? Why can't we? That's just not fair.
There are some awesome designers here, and yet you neglect them and don't let them enter?
Meanwhile, you say that we can't submit anything thats copyrighted blah blah blah, and when I saw your gallery, someone had the iPod thing except as iVote, doesn't that count as copyright?!

I want to know why you are excluding Quebec, that's not fair at all.

Rob Wittig says:
June 3, 2008
2:31 PM

Thanks for your interest --- and your patience! We are investigating the problems some are having uploading and seeing their button designs.

Please try uploading again later this week!

The Administrator says:
June 4, 2008
1:25 AM

okay, here' s the play by play:

In general, I've modified the home page template to make it easier to find older entries. I've also removed the Gallery Blog links from the right column as those seemed to be confusing people.

More specifically:
eoin your entry is here: http://www.24-7designheaven.com/button/2008/05/vote-for-the-future-1.php

ron: http://www.24-7designheaven.com/button/2008/05/voteeagle.php

montalvan: your entry is still in the moderation queue. if you'd like to submit an entry sans profanity, it might get approved more quickly.

kelstar: your original entry was submitted as a PDF??? your subsequent entries are in the disqualified category as there is only one entry per person. I'm disqualifying the PDF entry and qualifying your other entry here: http://www.24-7designheaven.com/button/2008/05/spin-your-vote-mcain.php (p.s. the emcee cain thing is kinda funny :))

Evangeline: http://contests.about.com/od/sweepstakes101/f/VoidinQuebec.htm

Deardeedle says:
June 19, 2008
8:14 AM

Call me lame - but I still don't understand how the voting works. How do you vote for a button?

Deardeedle says:
June 19, 2008
8:15 AM

Call me lame - but I still don't understand how the voting works. How do you vote for a button?

Deardeedle says:
June 19, 2008
8:16 AM

Call me lame - but I still don't understand how the voting works. How do you vote for a button?

Deardeedle says:
June 19, 2008
8:17 AM

Call me lame - but I still don't understand how the voting works. How do you vote for a button?

Rob Wittig says:
June 20, 2008
10:08 AM

Seems too simple to vote --- and it is! Just click on the star of your choice and your vote is registered. I know, Deardeelde, it seems like it should take more than that, but that's all there is to it! Have fun with voting (both now and in November!)

Frosters says:
September 26, 2008
10:15 PM

When are you going to post the winners? The election is right around the corner!

danbillion says:
October 14, 2008
10:05 AM

Yeah. Please post the winners. I want to know if I just dreamed up a personal e-mail I got from you guys a month ago.

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