The Readers’ Choice is a celebration of the best our region has to offer when it comes to businesses and organizations that make the Manteca area a great place to live!

You can nominate your favorites in dozens of categories through our online ballot. Write-in nominations are accepted from January 8, 2022 to February 9, 2024. Voting runs from February 12, 2024 to March 15, 2024.

The top vote-getters are this year’s Readers’ Choice winners!

From January 24 to February 6, readers will be able to write-in nominations for their favorite local businesses and organizations. If you do not see your business name in a category, that means you have not been nominated yet (or nominations for you have not yet been vetted).

**Please note there is some lag time for nomination approval.**

Each write-in nomination has to be vetted by our team for accuracy (correct spelling, appropriate category, within the eligibility zone). Due to the massive amount of nominations coming in, it takes a lot of time to do that work. Rest assured, all nominations will be counted and tabulated by the end of the nomination phase on February 7 when voting begins!

Nominations will be disqualified if the nominee does not have a physical address in one of the following cities:

• Manteca
• Ripon
• Lathrop

If you’d like to help us out with this process, please make sure your nominations are spelled correctly, they are appropriate for the category in which you’re nominating them, and they are within the eligible area. We really appreciate your assistance! 🙂

Every email provider has different standards as to what they consider “spam”, and unfortunately these automated emails can be filtered, rejected, or greatly delayed by your email provider. We have found that Yahoo-based addresses are particularly susceptible to this.

If you are unable to login and receive such a message, please contact us directly at promotions@209multimedia.com and we can send you a login link that will allow you access for the duration of the ballot!

When a nomination is made, location information is pulled automatically from Google. If your business’ Google My Business profile does not have your current address, the old information will appear on our ballot.

If your business has recently moved and the ballot still shows the old address, make sure to update your Google My Business profile before requesting we change it on the ballot, or the change may not stick.

You can request contact information changes anytime at promotions@209multimedia.com.

Write-in nominations begin January 8, 2024 and end February 8, 2024. Voting will not be underway at this time; only new write-in nominations will be accepted!

One nomination per category.

Once the voting begins, no more new nominations can be accepted. If you see your nominee is not yet on the ballot, make sure to nominate them before the window closes!

The voting period is between February 12 and March 15, 2024. You can vote once per day, per category, during the voting period.

Please do not email your vote to us directly. Votes must be cast on the online ballot itself here on BulletinReadersChoice.com.

Absolutely not! It is 100% free to participate. We do have sponsorship/advertising options to give your business more exposure, but purchasing advertising does not guarantee anything for the contest. If you are interested in getting your business logo on the ballot, you can click here to request our media kit.

We’d love to hear from you if you have any comments or suggestions for the ballot, including additions or modifications to our category list! This is your contest, after all! Please email those messages to promotions@209multimedia.com. Your request will be submitted to our ballot committee for consideration on this year’s ballot or a future ballot.

No! The Readers’ Choice results are based on our reader voting. Some winners may be advertisers or later choose to be one, but being an advertiser does not guarantee a win.

We work hard to maintain the integrity of this contest because it means so much to our community. We do NOT sell votes! Any business/nominee that is flagged for fraudulent activity will be removed from the ballot for the remainder of the 2023 campaign. Cheating will not be tolerated! (and yes, we can tell.)

See our Readers’ Choice nominee toolkit with flyers, graphics and marketing tips to help you spread the word. Also, we’ve prepared a number of social media images you can use to ask for votes on your social media platforms! Advertising on the ballot is also a great way to get attention, not only for the sake of voting, but for your business in general!

There is no final “submit” button. Once you click the “VOTE” button and enter your email address, your choice is recorded. No further action is needed.

Note: You should only need to enter your email once for all of your future votes to be counted. You will, however, need to enter your email again if you clear your browser cache or vote from a different device.

When you start nominating in the first category of your choice, you will be asked to fill out the registration form. When you complete this step, you will be registered and you can continue casting your votes on the ballot.

If you have trouble with that process, we would suggest trying a different browser or device.

If you have tried all of this and are still having problems, feel free to contact us at promotions@209multimedia.com and we'll help get you on track!

Sure! As long as you’ve already registered in that round and it’s before the deadline, you can pick up where you left off. When you return to the ballot on the same device, you should be automatically logged in and able to see your previous selections. If you aren’t logged in and you know that you’ve already registered in that round, click the “Already Entered?” link for further instructions.

Yes. When you return to the ballot on a different device, click the “Already Entered?” link for further instructions.

Our ballot software requires that users create an account to track their selections. This helps us guard against fraudulent voting and allows you to revisit your ballot before deadline to make changes and additional nominations. Don’t worry, there is no password needed, and we will not sell your data to any third party.

Winners will be announced in a special magazine in the Bulletin in May, 2024 and will be visible here on BulletinReadersChoice.com shortly thereafter.