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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">It’s that time of the year again – voting for the Rhode Island Teen Book Award winner! Teens of Rhode Island get a chance to vote for the book they think is the
best book they have read from a list selected by teachers, public librarians, and school library media specialists.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Where can our teens vote? Well, they can do it in schools and local public libraries. Interested schools and libraries can find an official ballot under <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__riteenbookaward.org_ritba_official-2Delection-2Dballot&d=DwMFaQ&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=qcM6taeeuo-2ltnPCQx3vJKoL9QEVEJGCNTe7X8b9X4&m=wzAKglfEUPtuVJojMeU01yNM_D7FxY7dHJIzWp3Dx84&s=c33pKhiyJUoqd9cnAoahphrxv1BFUfNLrbmhLrTfFeQ&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0062A0">Official
Election Ballot</span> [riteenbookaward.org]</a>, to download and print. Ballots can be accepted at the participating schools and libraries from January 22-February 28. Voting results should be emailed to <a href="mailto:riteenbookaward@gmail.com" target="_blank">riteenbookaward@gmail.com</a> by
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">We are once again offering free books as prizes and incentives for both teen voters and voting stations in public and school libraries across Rhode Island. For
more information and to get your voting station involved, click <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__riteenbookaward.org_voting-2Dincentives&d=DwMFaQ&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=qcM6taeeuo-2ltnPCQx3vJKoL9QEVEJGCNTe7X8b9X4&m=wzAKglfEUPtuVJojMeU01yNM_D7FxY7dHJIzWp3Dx84&s=4XnA1H0EWL0RoCZuovpaXxoNSRNARqnhl6p_PQzFFOk&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0062A0">here
for 2019 Voting Incentives</span> [riteenbookaward.org]</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please direct any questions to </span>
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