NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. ALL FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, AND MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
1. Eligibility
2106 Presidential Debate Moderation Challenge (the “Contest”) is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry. Employees of TeamLeap and other companies associated with the promotion of the Contest, and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and advertising and promotion agencies as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) and household members of each such employee ARE eligible with the exception of active directors and officers. The Contest is subject to federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
2. Sponsor
The Contest is sponsored by TeamLeap, with a mailing address of 4195 Tamiami Trail S. #170, Venice, Florida 34293 USA.
3. Agreement to Official Rules
Participation in the Contest constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding. Winning a prize is contingent upon being compliant with these Official Rules and fulfilling all other requirements set forth herein.
4. Contest Period
The Contest consists of four separate “Events,” each on the actual day of one of the 2016 Presidential Debates or Vice-Presidential Debates as posted (and as may be amended without warning) at www.debates.org. Sponsor is not affiliated with www.debates.org.
The first Contest Event begins on September 26, 2016 at 9:00pm US Eastern Time and ends on September 26, 2016 at midnight US Eastern Time (the “Contest Period”). Entries that are submitted before or after the Contest Period will be disqualified. Submissions will be accepted for the duration of the Contest Event using any of the following methods:
Online at https://twitter.com or at https://letkeepitcivil.org as set forth below.
Each subsequent Contest Event will begin on the date of that debate and end at midnight US Eastern Time. The Contest ends after the final Event corresponding to the final Event.
5. How to Enter
Online: Details for participating shall be posted on our website at https://www.letskeepitcivil.org/moderate-the-presidential-debates/.
All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.
6. Prize Determination
Within five (5) days after the end of each Contest Event, the Sponsor will select potential winners based on Sponsor’s assessment of the total number of original tweets. (“Original” means typed in by the user, not necessarily unique, since all participants will be reporting on the same event.) Sponsor’s judgement in the matter shall be final. The odds of being selected depend on the number participants and the skill and effort of the participants.
IMPORTANT: The Sponsor will attempt to notify the potential winners via Twitter Direct Message and public tweets within seven (7) days after the end of each Contest Event. If a potential winner does not respond with appropriate shipping, style, and sizing information within five (5) days after the date of the first attempt to contact him/her, the Sponsor may select (an) alternate potential winner(s) in his/her place from the remaining participants, also based on their number of original tweets.
Winners will be posted publicly on the @LetsKeepItCivil Twitter account at https://twitter.com/letskeepitcivil.
7. Winner Notification
The potential winners will be notified by Twitter Direct Message and public tweets. Each potential winner (parent/legal guardian if a minor in his/her state of residence) may be required to complete, electronically sign and submit a Declaration of Compliance within five (5) days of the date notice or attempted notice is sent, in order to claim his/her prize. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, or fails to submit the Declaration of Compliance within the required time period (if applicable), or prize is returned as undeliverable, potential winner forfeits prize. If the potential winner is at least 18 but still considered a minor in his/her jurisdiction of residence, Sponsor reserves the right to award the prize in the name of his/her parent or legal guardian, who will be required to sign the Declaration of Compliance on the potential winner’s behalf and fulfill any other requirements imposed on winner set forth herein. Potential winners must continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. In the event that a potential winner is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor will attempt to award the applicable prize to an alternate winner as set forth above, one last time. If this attempt to award the prize fails, the prize will remain un-awarded. Prizes will be fulfilled approximately 2-6 weeks after the conclusion of each Contest Event.
8. Prizes
“I Moderated the 2016 Presidential Debates” T-Shirt (1 per winner, 5 winners per Event, winner to choose style and size)
(Note: All non-winners have the option of obtaining identical shirts “at Sponsor’s cost” (meaning entrant only pays Sponsor’s actual costs and shipping, with no markup for Sponsor) by visiting Sponsor’s store at https://shop.spreadshirt.com/letskeepitcivil?noCache=true during the Contest period. Shirts are produced by a third party, which adds its own markup.)
9. General Conditions
In the event that the operation, security, or administration of the Contest is impaired in any way for any reason, including, but not limited to fraud, virus, bug, worm, unauthorized human intervention or other technical problem, or in the event the Contest or any Event is unable to run as planned for any other reason, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, the Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, either (a) suspend the Contest or Event to address the impairment and then resume the Contest in a manner that best conforms to the spirit of these Official Rules or (b) terminate the Contest and, in the event of termination, award the prize at random from among the eligible, non-suspect entries received up to the time of the impairment. The Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to damage the website or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages (including attorney’s fees) and any other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Failure by the Sponsor to enforce any provision of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
10. Release and Limitations of Liability
By participating in the Contest, entrants agree to release and hold harmless the Sponsor, and each of their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, other companies associated with the Contest, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders, representatives, and agents (the Released Parties) from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Contest or receipt or use of the prize (including any travel or activity related thereto), including, but not limited to: (a) any technical errors associated with the Contest, including lost, interrupted or unavailable Internet Service Provider (ISP), network, server, wireless service provider, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone, cellular tower or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties; (b) unauthorized human intervention in the Contest; (c) mechanical, network, electronic, computer, human, printing or typographical errors; (d) application downloads, (e) any other errors or problems in connection with the Contest, including, without limitation, errors that may occur in the administration of the Contest, the announcement of the winner, the cancellation or postponement of the event and/or the flyover, if applicable, the incorrect downloading of the application, the processing of entries application downloads or in any Contest-related materials; or (f) injury, death, losses or damages of any kind, to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrants participation in the Contest or acceptance, receipt or misuse of the prize (including any travel or activity related thereto). Entrant further agrees that in any cause of action, the Released Parties liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the Contest, and in no event shall the entrant be entitled to receive attorney’s fees. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest. Entrant waives the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages.
11. Disputes
Except where prohibited, each entrant agrees that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of, or connected with, the Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate court located in Florida. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, entrants’ rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Florida, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules, which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than Florida.
12. Privacy
Information collected from entrants is subject to Sponsor’s privacy policy posted on https://letskeepitcivil.org/privacy-policy.
