During the initial airing of each of the first eleven (11) episodes of the Program, there will be an online voting element conducted in conjunction with the Program. Voting period commences at the end of the East Coast broadcast of the Program (see local listings for dates/times), and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. (Eastern Time), on the sixth day following the East Coast broadcast of the Program (the "Voting Period"). Votes received prior to or after the Voting Period shall be considered void. Voter may only enter one (1) vote per on-line session during the Voting Period (i.e., Voter must close his/her web browser and re-open/start a new session on the voting website (the "Voting Website") to cast another vote). Viacom Media Networks ("VMN") reserves the right to modify these rules without notice.
During the Voting Period, voter may cast his/her vote for their favorite Elimination Tattoo. The Elimination Tattoos eligible for voting will not include the Elimination Tattoo of the losing Contestant of the episode being voted on. In casting the vote, voter should consider, but not be limited to, the following criteria: style of the tattoo and the weekly skill being tested.
The votes will be tallied each week based on the airing of the first eleven (11) episodes of the Program and the number of votes each Contestant receives each week will be added together into one cumulative vote total per Contestant of the remaining contestants who have not been eliminated by the judges up until the final episode. The Contestant with the least amount of cumulative votes will be eliminated during the Live Finale Episode. In the event of a tie in the least amount of on-line votes, producer and/or the Program judges shall determine which Contestant is eliminated.
Neither VMN, CCCM Projects, LLC nor their respective parents, divisions, subsidiaries and/or affiliated companies, licensees, advertising and promotional agencies, or any of and the directors, officers, agents, representatives, employees of each of them, are responsible for votes that are illegible, incomplete, lost, delayed, mutilated and misdirected, any problems or technical malfunctions, human error, lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line failures of any telephone network, computer on-line systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website or any combination thereof, including injury or damage to Voter's or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from voting. If for any reason the voting is not capable of running as planned, including, without limitation, infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other cause beyond the control of the VMN which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the voting, VMN reserves the right at VMN's sole discretion to disqualify any votes, and/or to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the voting in any manner. Should the voting be terminated or cancelled prior to the stated expiration date, notice will be posted on the Voting Website, and any votes received prior to the termination or cancellation may at VMN's sole discretion be considered by VMN. Votes that have been tampered with or altered will be deemed void. The use of any system or agent to submit votes in connection with the voting is prohibited and will result in disqualification of votes. VMN reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual they deem to be tampering with the voting process or the operation of the voting or any website associated therewith; to be acting in violation of the rules; or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A VOTER OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE VOTING IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, VMN AND THEIR DESIGNEES RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH VOTER OR OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
All of VMN's decisions regarding the voting rules, process and system and the results derived from the voting shall be final and binding, and not subject to challenge or appeal.
