Contest rules explained for the UAE and Hong Kong

Reglas Claras is an English guide to how contests with public voting are run in the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong. It covers the vocabulary organisers use, the reading of an official rule, where votes are cast and the treatment of suspect votes, naming other countries only where they help.

• Business and consumer awards with public voting in the United Arab Emirates Awards with public voting in the United Arab Emirates: the dining awards run by FACT Magazine and the readers' choice survey of Condé Nast Traveller Middle East, with their voting windows.
• Reading a contest's official rules in the United Arab Emirates: a checklist A plain checklist for reading contest rules in the United Arab Emirates: eligibility clauses, data handling, vote counting, organiser checks and licensing under the GCGRA.
• Contest and voting terms used in the United Arab Emirates A plain glossary of contest terms in the United Arab Emirates: public vote, judges' vote, prize draw, skill contest, verification, and the licence that makes a contest legal.
• Online contests and public votes in the United Arab Emirates Public vote contests in the United Arab Emirates span magazine awards, government initiatives and radio competitions, each with rules, entry conditions and voting windows.
• Social platforms and internet use in the United Arab Emirates: where contest votes happen Social media use in the United Arab Emirates shapes how online contest votes work: the networks, the numbers and the rules behind every public vote.
• City, tourism, university and museum public votes in Hong Kong City public vote contests in Hong Kong let residents choose garden plots, photos and posters online, with login checks, one-form limits and published voting rules.
• Restaurant, food and hospitality best-of votes in Hong Kong A plain guide to the best restaurant vote Hong Kong diners can join online: which food awards run a public vote, who organises them, when voting opens and how votes are checked.
• Vote fraud and verification in Hong Kong: how contests deal with it Vote fraud in Hong Kong is handled through name checks, phone and email verification, and disqualification rules that organisers publish before voting opens.
• Reading a contest's official rules in Hong Kong: a checklist A checklist to read contest rules Hong Kong contests publish: licensing, eligibility clauses, vote counting, organiser checks and disqualification triggers.
• Contest and voting terms used in Hong Kong Contest terms Hong Kong organisers and regulators use, explained plainly: licences, public votes, prize draws, skill contests and verification before you enter.
• Online contests and public votes in Hong Kong Which online contests in Hong Kong run public votes, which licensing and trading rules bind their organisers, and how duplicate or fake entries get disqualified.