Prizes, Contest Rules and Privacy Policy

HOW TO ENTER

No purchase necessary. The "Pick Your President Contest 2008” ("Contest") is anticipated to run from 12 p.m. EDT on August 19, 2008 through 11:59 a.m. EDT on October 13, 2008 (the "Entry Period").

The prize is a $500 Best Buy gift card. Prize will be awarded to the reader that submits the entry with the highest correct score in Electoral College voting. Any ties will be decided by a random selection of all entrants with the highest score.

The presidential prediction contest has ended. Users may continue to create maps after the Entry Period has ended, but these entries are not eligible to win the $500 Best Buy gift card.

ELIGIBILITY

This contest is open only to legal residents of the United States, 18 years of age or older at time of entry. Entrants must have Internet access as of August 19, 2008. Employees and their immediate families, including household members, of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive ("Sponsor") and its parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible.

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

You must be the registered subscriber of the e-mail account by which the entry is made prior to August 19, 2008.

Entrants must provide their e-mail address and daytime telephone number (for prize verification purposes only.) Entrants are also given the choice to opt into the Politics newsletter.

Multiple entries are allowed.

Incomplete entries will not be counted and Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive ("Sponsor"), its parents, nor its respective affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies, or any telephone network or service providers are not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate transcription of entry information, or for any human error, technical malfunctions, lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line failures of any telephone network, computer equipment, software, inability to access any Web site or online service, or any other error or malfunction, or late, lost, or misdirected entries.

PRIZE

One (1) $500 Best buy gift card will be awarded to the reader with the highest score as it relates to the official votes in the Electoral College for the 2008 presidential race.

All taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner. Chances of winning are determined by the number of valid entries. No substitutions, exchanges, refunds or compensation will be made for any reason, including cancellation of the contest.

The Sponsors' decisions are final with respect to all aspects of the contest. Prize winners will be notified by the supplied telephone number only. In the case that a winner cannot be contacted within five (5) business days of the contest drawing, an alternate will be declared the winner.

DRAWING

The "Pick Your President Contest 2008” allows entrants to create entries whereby they predict the regional Electoral College votes for each major party candidate in the 2008 United States Presidential election in each state. Contest ends October 13, 2008 and the drawing will take place after the Electoral College votes are declared official.

Should the presidential election or the Electoral College votes be contested, the drawing will be deferred until such time as the Electoral College votes and the election have been declared officially over.

Each winner is required to sign an affidavit of eligibility/publicity and liability release, and return it properly executed, within 5 days of attempted notification as a condition of awarding the prize. If prize notification is returned as undeliverable or the winner fails to return the affidavit and release as specified, the winner will be disqualified and an alternate winner will be declared the winner. If sufficient alternates cannot be notified prior to November 30, 2008, all unawarded prizes will be forfeited.

If, in Sponsor's opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of electronic or non-electronic tampering with any portion of the "Pick Your President Contest 2008”, if technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the Sweepstakes or if unforeseen circumstances require the Sweepstakes to end prior to the end date outlined in the Entry Period above, the Sponsor reserves the right to terminate the contest and conduct a random drawing to award the prize using all entries received as of the termination date. Any attempt to deliberately damage the drawing or operation of this sweepstakes is unlawful and subject to legal action by the Sponsor or its agents.

GENERAL

This contest is subject to all federal, state, and local laws. Void where prohibited. The winner agrees that the Sponsor, its parents, affiliates and its agencies and their respective officers, employees, managers, agents, successors or assignees shall not be liable for injury, loss or damage of any kind resulting from participating in this sweepstakes or from the acceptance or use of any prize awarded. The Sponsor reserves the right to verify eligibility qualifications of any winner. U.S. law governs this sweepstakes.

WINNERS LIST

For the names of the winners, after November 30, 2008, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Contests @ WPNI, P.O. Box 17370, Arlington, VA, 22216-7370, and include the text: "Pick Your President Contest 2008”. Requests received more than sixty (60) days after November 30, 2008 will not be honored.

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