Best Liberal Blog

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Polls close Tuesday January 13, 2009 at 10:00 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), which is 5:00 p.m. (EST) and 2:00 p.m. (PST).

Notes: Do you have questions about voting? First see the voting rules. Second, check the the daily Weblog Award Notes for the latest news and issues with this years Weblog Awards. Third, read the FAQ, as many questions are answered there. Finally, if you still have questions ask questions in The Weblog Awards forum.

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Nominations for The 2008 Weblog Awards were, as always, open and public. There were over 5,000 nominations in the 48 categories. You can navigate all of the nomination via the master list of nomination posts here.

All polls are subject to correction for overvoting, or other identified cheating, prior to the finalization of the results. Polls that hava vote totals adjusted will be listed here.

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