Voting is simple and easy. To vote, simply watch Law & Order: Criminal Intent on October 17th, 2004 and see if Nicole Wallace lives or dies on your NBC station! Two different endings, one with Nicole Wallace surviving and one with Nicole Wallace dying will be broadcast across North America. Then, log onto NBC.com to watch both endings and vote for your favorite one. Voting will end on October 20th, 2004 at 12:00 pm EST/9:00 am PST. The ending which receives the most votes will determine Nicole Wallace's fate on Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Each person may vote up to three times per email address and must be the registered subscriber of the email account from which the vote is made. Personal information collected from viewers who provide Canadian postal codes during the voting process will be used to assist in the vote verification process only and will be deleted at the completion of that process.
Votes received after 12:00 pm EST/9:00 am PST on October 20th, 2004 will not be counted. NBC Universal, Inc. ("NBC") may extend the voting deadline or terminate the voting process in light of breaking news or other events in NBC's sole discretion.
Votes will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of the vote. NBC Universal Inc and Interpolls Network Inc. ("Administrators") shall have the right to void any vote that appears, in Administrators' sole discretion, to be an automated or duplicate vote and/or any other "hack" exceeding the one person three vote rule or otherwise interfering with the administration of the vote. Administrators reserve in their sole discretion the right to withdraw the transmission of this vote for any reason or permanently disqualify from any promotion any person it believes has intentionally violated these rules and to terminate the competition and voting at any point and declare a winner based on the votes up to that point, if it appears that the voting process has been so distorted by hacking or other interference that the results would not reflect actual valid votes should the competition continue. Administrators and their respective officers, directors, employees, parent, subsidiaries and affiliates assume no responsibility for: (1) any injury or damage to any person's computer or system, including emails, relating to or resulting from entering or downloading materials or software in connection with this vote; or (2) telecommunications, network, electronic, technical or computer failures of any kind; or (3) for inaccurate transcription of voting information; or (4) errors in any promotional or marketing materials; or (5) any human or electronic error in connection with the voting and/or tallying of the votes; or (6), votes that are stolen, misdirected, garbled, delayed by computer or other transmissions, lost, or late. Administrators reserve the right to cancel, terminate or modify the contest if it is not capable of being completed as planned, including termination of the voting process due to breaking news and tampering, unauthorized intervention or technical failures of any sort, for the web-site portion of the contest.
Caution: Any attempt to deliberately damage any online service or web site or undermine the legitimate operation of Criminal Intent Viewer's Choice is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, NBC reserves the right to seek damages and/or other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law.
