Dear Readers,
We are excited to reach this milestone in the history of the San Diego’s Best Union-Tribune Readers Poll: 25 years of our readers voting for their top picks in the region we love! Given the far-reaching effects of the pandemic and the challenges local businesses have faced, the 2021 poll promises to be the vote of confidence they need as they start to recover from the The nomination process begins on past year.
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2 VOTING PHASES
For your reference, here are the important dates to remember:
Nominations: March 21-April 21
San Diego County residents are encouraged to register online at sdbestpoll.com and nominate the businesses, services, places and individuals they think deserve recognition. Once the nomination period ends, we will place the top 10 vote-getters in each category on the ballot.
Voting: May 10-June 10
Ballots are cast online under a tightly controlled set of guidelines. They include a mandatory one-time registration; one vote only per person per 24-hour period; and no programmed, automated or remote voting from overseas.
“San Diego’s Best” Poll Winners Revealed: Aug. 22
Once all the votes are tallied and verified, we will announce the winners in a special edition that appears in print and online.
March 21. During this phase, we are people, goods and services that you asking you to nominate the places, rate as tops in San Diego. (See page 4 for the list of categories.) For this silver anniversary year, you will see some San Diego notables sharing their top picks as well.
In 2020, we recognized some of San Diego’s local heroes and plan to do so again this year. These are people who have been on the front lines during the pandemic, helping their fellow San Diegans each and every day. We want to give some well-deserved recognition, which will be part of the voting phase in May and June. As we have done for the past 24 years, we will be adding new categories this year requested by readers.
After the nominations are in, we tally and verify them, then open the voting phase. You, our readers, are key to the whole process. It is your voice — and vote — that determine the winners. In this 25th year, we are hoping you will help us make this the biggest poll ever, with more than 200 categories spanning a wide range of businesses and services.
From all of us at The San Diego Union-Tribune, we appreciate your support and thank you in advance for your participation in this year’s SD Best Readers Poll, the longest-running poll of its kind in the county.
Paul Ingegneri
Vice President, Advertising
The San Diego Union-Tribune
paul.ingegneri@sduniontribune.com
