The Most Obnoxious Way To Vote For Stephen Colbert Ever.

Okay, so getting online and voting for Stephen Colbert in online contests is the Nation’s “thing”. That’s what we do. And we’re very good at it.

So when I got an e-mail from Zoner Katt yesterday talking about a contest to vote for Stephen, I had to go check it out. However, do you remember that J.J. Abrams puzzle from a few months back? Yeah, this makes it look like a cakewalk.

From the LA Times forums:

GOLDDERBY 2000-2009 DECADE TV AWARDS RULES & INSTRUCTIONS:

1. The complete list of categories and nominees is listed in the post below. This list of nominees was determined by the votes of many members on this website during August, 2009.

2. You may vote in as many or as few categories as you choose. If you choose to vote in a given category, you MUST follow the steps below.

2A. Copy the ENTIRE ballot into a Private Message.

2B. For each category, remove all but THREE (3) names that you would like to choose. Any more or any less will cause that category to be ruled invalid on your ballot.

2C. Assign specific point values to these THREE (3) choices.
First choice gets 50 points.
Second choice gets 30 points.
Third choice gets 10 points.
DO NOT change the order of your nominees. Just put the point value next to the name and leave them in alphabetical order. Here is an example:

EXAMPLE OF CATEGORY FOR DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
10 Billy Campbell as Rick Sammler on Once & Again
50 Anthony LaPaglia as Agent Jack Malone on Without a Trace
30 Rob Lowe as Sam Seaborn on The West Wing

2D. The top vote recipient in each category will become the decade award winner.

3. As you consider your choices, please keep in mind that you should only evaluate programs based on their quality between 2000 and 2009.

4. Please send your complete ballot by Private Message (PM) to one of the following people. If your GoldDerby nickname begins with A-G, please send by PM to andrew. If your GoldDerby nickname begins with H-P, please send by PM to Rob L. If your GoldDerby nickname begins with Q-Z or a symbol/number, please send by PM to Boomer. The Private Message function can be located in your Personal Zone area. I am asking that each of these moderators post in this thread so that you can easily click on their name to send the PM.

So for those of you industrious enough to make an attempt to follow these instructions, happy voting!!