2026 Best In The View Community Choice Awards

Voting Begins Now

Welcome to the official 2026 Best In The View Community Choice Awards online ballot. Please carefully review the updated Rules & Regulations before voting. By participating, all voters, nominees, businesses, and individuals agree to uphold the integrity, fairness, and spirit of these awards.

Voting opens today and ends June 24, 2026, at 11:59 P.M. CT.

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Rules & Regulations

To preserve the integrity, credibility, and community trust of the voting process, the following rules must be observed in order for votes to be counted and awards to be honored:

 

1. Nominations for the 2026 Best In The View Community Choice Awards began online on March 7, 2026.

2. Voting officially begins now and will end June 24, 2026, at 11:59 P.M. CT.

3. All votes must be for locally owned/franchised and/or operated Crestview area businesses. A locally owned and operated business is defined as a business whose owner or managing partner resides within Crestview or within a 15-mile radius of Crestview. (Including Baker, Laurel Hill, Mossy Head.

4. Each vote must be submitted through one verified email address. Voting is limited, but community members are encouraged to support and vote for all of their favorite local people and businesses once daily.

5. No incentives, giveaways, prizes, discounts, free products, services, or compensation of any kind may be offered in exchange for votes.

6. Any attempt to manipulate voting results through ballot stuffing, fake accounts, automated voting systems, vote buying, coordinated cheating efforts, harassment, intimidation, or other dishonest practices will result in immediate disqualification and potential banning from current and future participation.

7. Reputation, professionalism, leadership, and community association matter. These awards are intended to recognize genuinely deserving businesses, leaders, and individuals who positively contribute to the community, not those seeking recognition solely for clout, attention, or appearance.

8. Any business or individual receiving multiple credible complaints (must send hard proof) or associating with those individuals involving inappropriate conduct, aggressive behavior, predatory behavior, harassment, unethical business practices, or conduct deemed harmful to the community, including multiple members of the community, may be removed, disqualified, or permanently banned from participation at the discretion of the organizers. (Please send all complaints/proof to the Best In View FB page)

9. Any winning business or individual must remain in good standing within the community and with So Socialites and Best In View.

10. A business or individual may not win the “Best” award in more than two categories during the same award year. If a nominee receives the highest number of votes in more than two categories, they will only receive awards in the two categories where they earned the strongest vote totals.

11. A business or individual may not win the same award more than two consecutive years in a row.

12. Organizers reserve the right to review, verify, remove, or disqualify votes, nominees, businesses, or individuals at any time to protect the fairness, reputation, and integrity of the awards process.

13. By participating in the Best In The View Community Choice Awards, all participants acknowledge and agree to abide by these rules and understand that final decisions regarding eligibility, disqualification, and awards remain at the discretion of the organizers and the proof we receive.