Sweepstakes & AMOE Rules

Overview

Uplift Tri-State Gulf Coast USA conducts community voting across its levels of competition. Main Title voting takes place at the Directional and County levels; People's Choice voting takes place at all four levels, including the State and Tri-State Finals levels. Voting involves both paid votes and a free Alternate Method of Entry (AMOE). These rules govern the voting mechanism and comply with applicable sweepstakes and contest laws in Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi.

Community Sponsorship Voting Structure

The Uplift Pageant system is designed to measure contestant community engagement, public support, and sponsor participation rather than chance. Public voting is intended to function as a community-support mechanism allowing families, friends, local businesses, organizations, churches, schools, and supporters to actively participate in contestant advancement.

Support votes may be cast through paid sponsorship voting or through the free Alternate Method of Entry (AMOE). All votes, whether paid or free, carry identical weight and are counted equally in determining vote totals. Purchasing votes does not alter odds, probabilities, or create any random advantage.

The intent of unlimited sponsorship voting is not to create a pay-to-win structure, but rather to permit unrestricted community participation and sponsorship support for contestants. Contestants are encouraged to rally support through legitimate community outreach, sponsorship efforts, and public engagement.

Sponsor participation may include individuals, businesses, organizations, churches, families, or other community supporters acting independently in support of contestants.

To preserve competitive integrity, Gala Glitterati Group reserves sole discretion to review, delay, invalidate, suspend, or remove votes or sponsorship activity reasonably believed to involve:

• automated activity or bots
• stolen payment methods
• vote farming
• coordinated inauthentic activity
• fraudulent conduct
• suspicious purchasing patterns
• activity inconsistent with the spirit of the competition
• attempts to manipulate results through artificial means

Vote totals are intended as one measure of contestant support and engagement and are not determined by random selection or chance.

No Purchase Necessary

NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO VOTE OR TO INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF UPLIFT COMPETITION. A free Alternate Method of Entry is available throughout every voting window.

How to Vote Free (Alternate Method of Entry / AMOE)

To submit a free vote during any voting window:

1. By mail, use either method — both are accepted: (a) the Uplift mail-in voting form (also shared by contestants), filled in; or (b) a hand-written note. Address it to: Gala Glitterati Group, LLC, AMOE Department, [physical mailing address to be added before launch]
2. Provide: your full name, mailing address, email, date of birth, the contestant's name and home county, and the category you wish to vote for. Two categories accept public votes: the Main Title (your contestant's age division), which is voted at the Directional and County levels, and People's Choice, which is voted at all four levels through the Tri-State Finals. Open Titles are not separately voted — they are derived from Main Title vote results among each title's entrants. All other awards are decided by judges or by recognition criteria and do not accept votes.
3. Mail entries must be postmarked during the voting window and received within 5 business days of window close
4. Online AMOE entries are submitted via a dedicated free-vote form, available throughout the voting window

One free vote per person per contestant per category per day. Free votes carry identical weight to paid votes in the scoring calculation.

Voting Windows

Main Title voting occurs at the Directional and County levels. People's Choice voting occurs at all four levels, including State and the Tri-State Finals.

• Directional Voting (Main Title + People's Choice): Opens August 1, 2026 at 12:01 AM Eastern. Closes August 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern.
• County Voting (Main Title + People's Choice): Opens at announced dates following Directional advancement processing. Closes one week before the corresponding live State event. Exact County window dates are posted on the Site when announced.
• State People's Choice Voting: Opens and closes on dates tied to each live State event [exact State People's Choice window dates to be added before launch]. Only People's Choice accepts public votes at this level; Main Title and Open Title placement at State is decided by in-person judging.
• Tri-State Finals People's Choice Voting: Opens and closes on dates tied to the live Tri-State Finals weekend [exact Finals People's Choice window dates to be added before launch]. Only People's Choice accepts public votes at this level; Main Title and Open Title placement at the Finals is decided by in-person judging.

Sponsorship Voting

• Sponsorship votes are contributed via our Site through a secure third-party payment processor
• Each sponsorship vote contributes one vote to the supported contestant in one of the two vote-eligible categories: Main Title (Directional and County levels) or People's Choice (all four levels, through the Tri-State Finals)
• There is no per-person or per-day limit on sponsorship votes, so families, friends, businesses, churches, schools, and community supporters can participate freely. This is community support, not a wager — purchasing votes does not alter odds, probabilities, or create any random advantage. All votes remain subject to the integrity safeguards above.
• Contributions are final and non-refundable, subject to the Refund Policy exceptions

Vote Integrity

Consistent with the Community Sponsorship Voting Structure above, we monitor for fraud, automation, and manipulation, and reserve sole discretion to review, delay, invalidate, suspend, or remove votes obtained through:

• Automated software, bots, or scripts
• Stolen credit cards or fraudulent payment methods
• Bulk-purchased anonymous email or phone accounts
• Vote farming, coordinated inauthentic behavior, or paid-vote-purchase schemes by uninvolved third parties
• Multiple accounts created by the same person
• Any other behavior that we determine, in our sole discretion, compromises the integrity of the competition

Eligibility

Voters must:

• Be 13 years of age or older (with parental involvement if under 18, in accordance with our Privacy Policy)
• Be a legal US resident
• Not be an employee of Gala Glitterati Group, LLC, or an immediate family member living in the same household as such an employee (employees may not vote for contestants, including by AMOE)

Florida-Specific Disclosure (FL §849.094)

Florida Statute §849.094 governs game-promotion mechanics in Florida. We comply with applicable provisions:

• No purchase is necessary to participate in voting
• Free entry is available via mail and online AMOE form
• Free entries carry equal weight to paid entries
• Voting rules, eligibility, and methodology are disclosed clearly on our Site
• Trust account and bond filing requirements are addressed via our payment processor and corporate compliance posture, as applicable

Alabama-Specific Disclosure (AL §13A-12-200.5+)

Alabama law restricts certain game-promotion mechanics. We comply with applicable provisions:

• No purchase is necessary to participate
• Free entry is available via mail and online AMOE
• Free entries carry equal weight
• Voting outcomes are determined by community votes (Directional) and a community-plus-judges hybrid (County); they are not games of pure chance

Mississippi-Specific Disclosure (MS §97-33-211+)

Mississippi law restricts certain game-promotion mechanics. We comply with applicable provisions:

• No purchase is necessary to participate
• Free entry is available via mail and online AMOE
• Free entries carry equal weight
• Voting outcomes are determined by community engagement and (at the County level) by judges' scoring, not by chance drawing

Winner Determination

Advancement at the Directional and County levels is determined by total vote tally (Directional) or weighted vote-plus-judges tally (County). Top placers advance per the Master Rulebook. Open Title winners (per category) advance automatically.

Disqualification

We reserve the right to disqualify any contestant whose votes are tainted by fraud, manipulation, or rule violation, and to invalidate corresponding votes. See Terms of Service Section 9.

Sponsor

The Uplift Pageant is produced by Gala Glitterati Group, LLC, a Florida limited liability company. Physical mailing address and registered agent information will be added before launch.

Questions

For questions about voting rules, AMOE, or eligibility: info@galaglitteratigroup.com

Use of Proceeds Disclosure

Gala Glitterati Group, LLC is a Florida for-profit limited liability company. Uplift Tri-State Gulf Coast USA is a pageant produced by Gala Glitterati Group, LLC. Year One operates as a for-profit pageant business. All pageant proceeds are received by Gala Glitterati Group, LLC.

Gala Glitterati Group intends, as a long-term goal, to form a separate 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation dedicated to converting former schools, nursing homes, and hotels into safe housing for survivors of trauma. As of the date of these rules, that foundation has not been incorporated.

After Year One closes, the Director Panel will review the season's financial results and decide on the Year Two budget, including any allocation toward seeding the future foundation described above. No specific dollar amount, percentage, or timeline is promised to any charity. The Director Panel retains full discretion over any such allocation.

A summary of Year One operations and the Year Two budget decisions will be published in a Year One Public Report following the close of Tri-State Finals.