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| Over 65,000 visitors viewed more than 220,000 pages during the final round of voting. |
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| More than 59,042 total votes were cast this year - 61% more than in 2007 (36,540 votes) and 157% more than in 2006 ( 22, 889 votes) |
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| 21,500 registrants are able to log in and vote, with 8,500 more registrants signed up since last year's awards. |
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| In addition to Canada and the United States, members signed up from 40 other countries, including Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Finland, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. |
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| Monitoring processes resulted in a 88% reduction in fraudulent votes between voting rounds. |
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| Nearly 1500 feedback responses have been received so far, they have come from every Canadian Province and from across the United States. |
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| Overall, 51% of registrants found out about the event by word of mouth, 40% through e-mail and web, 9% through radio and television. Among members who identified themselves as aboriginals, 12% found out through radio and television compared to only 4% for non-aboriginals. |
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Since 2006, the number of members has increased an amazing 279%. This increase was almost completely due to registrants who identified themselves as of aboriginal descent. Since the APCMA's inception in 2006, the website has received over 21 thousand registrations. In 2006, 23% of registrants were of non-aboriginal descent, 33% were of non-aboriginal descent in 2007 and 34% of registrants are of non-aboriginal descent in 2008.
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