These Voting Rules (these “Voting Rules”) govern how you can vote to choose the winner of the Soul Train Line: You’re Up! Fan Competition (the “Competition”), for The Soul Train Awards 2026 (the “Awards”). These Voting Rules incorporate the Soul Train Line: You’re Up! Fan Competition Submission Rules and Terms and Conditions for User Generated Content (the “Competition Terms”), and they expand on those Competition Terms.

PLEASE READ THESE VOTING RULES CAREFULLY. BY CASTING A VOTE, YOU AGREE TO THESE VOTING RULES, INCLUDING A RELEASE OF CLAIMS AND A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO VOTE, AND PAYING WILL NOT IMPROVE A FINALIST’S CHANCES OF WINNING. IF YOU CHOSE TO VOTE VIA MOBILE PHONE DATA RATES MAY APPLY.

This vote is sponsored and administered by Black Entertainment Television (“BET”). In these Voting Rules, “Grantees” means BET, Paramount Skydance Corporation, CBS Broadcasting Inc., and each of their respective parent, affiliated and subsidiary companies, and each of their respective successors, licensees, sublicensees and assigns. Greenfly, Inc. (“Greenfly”) provides the platform used to collect Submissions. Votes are collected through the official voting page on the official contest website (the “Voting Page”). Voting Page is hosted by JotForm. No social media platform sponsors, endorses, or administers the vote.

1. Who May Vote. To vote, you must meet all of the following requirements:

   1. be at least 18 years of age at the time you vote;

   2. be a legal resident of the United States (including the District of Columbia);

   3. not be an employee, officer, director, or contractor of any Grantee, Greenfly, JotForm, or any of their respective advertising, promotion, or production agencies, or a member of the immediate family or household of any such person; and

   4. not be a member of the judging committee described in Section 10 of the Competition Terms.

Finalists and the people who appear in finalist Submissions may vote, but only under the same rules and limits as every other voter. Votes cast by anyone who is not eligible to vote are void and will not be counted.

2. When You Can Vote. The voting timeline is as follows:

   1. Voting Opens. The ten (10) finalists selected under Section 10 of the Competition Terms will be announced, and their Submissions featured, on the official contest website and the Soul Train Awards social media channels beginning on or about November 6, 2026. Voting opens when the finalist Submissions are posted on the Voting Page on or about November 6, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

   2. Voting Closes. Voting closes at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on November 15, 2026. The time between voting opening and voting closing is the “Voting Period.”

   3. Voting Days. For these Voting Rules, a “Voting Day” is each calendar day during the Voting Period, beginning at 12:00:00 a.m. Eastern Time and ending at 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time. The first Voting Day begins when voting opens.

   4. Official Clock. The Voting Page’s server clock is the official timekeeper for the vote. Votes received before voting opens or after voting closes will not be counted.

   5. Changes to the Timeline. If BET changes any of these dates or times, it will post the change on the official contest website.
      
      

3. How to Vote. Voting is free. To vote:

   1. Visit the Voting Page: go to the Voting Page on the official contest website during the Voting Period;

   2. Choose One Finalist: watch the finalist Submissions and select the one finalist you want to vote for;

   3. Enter Your Email: enter a valid email address that you own and regularly use, and complete any verification steps described in Section 6; and

   4. Submit: submit your vote. You will see a confirmation message once your vote is received. A confirmation message is not proof that your vote is eligible, and every vote remains subject to verification under Sections 6 and 9.

Only votes cast through the Voting Page during the Voting Period are eligible and counted. Likes, shares, comments, views, follows, reposts, or any other activity on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, or any other social media platform, including activity on a finalist’s #BETSoulTrainLine post, are not votes and will not be counted. Votes sent by email, text message, mail, or direct message will not be counted.

4. Vote Limits. The following limits apply to every voter:

   1. One Vote Per Day. You may vote once per Voting Day. Your one daily vote may be cast for any one finalist, and you may choose the same finalist or a different finalist each Voting Day.

   2. One Email Address. You may use only one (1) email address to vote, and each email address may be used to cast only one (1) vote per Voting Day. You may not use multiple email addresses, or anyone else’s email address, to cast additional votes.

   3. No Carry-Over. If you do not vote on a given Voting Day, that vote does not carry over to another day.

   4. Excess Votes. Any vote that exceeds these limits is void. If BET determines that a person has tried to exceed these limits, BET may void some or all of that person’s votes.
      
      

5. Verification. To protect the integrity of the vote:

   1. Security Checks. The Voting Page may require you to complete a security check, or to confirm your vote by clicking a link sent to your email address. A vote that is not confirmed, if required, will not be counted.

   2. Monitoring. The Grantees may monitor and review voting activity, including email addresses, IP addresses, device and browser information, time stamps, and voting patterns, to identify votes that do not comply with these Voting Rules.

   3. Confirmation of Eligibility. The Grantees may ask any voter to confirm their identity or eligibility. If a voter cannot do so to Grantee’s satisfaction, that voter’s votes may be voided.

   4. Who Cast a Vote. If a dispute arises about who submitted a vote, the vote will be treated as submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address used. The authorized account holder is the person assigned that email address by the email provider or other organization responsible for it.
      
      

6. Fraudulent and Manipulated Voting. The following are prohibited, and any vote cast in any of these ways is void:

   1. votes cast by automated means, scripts, bots, macros, or any other program or device;

   2. votes cast using multiple, false, disposable, temporary, or third-party email addresses, or by creating email addresses for the purpose of voting;

   3. paid or incentivized voting, including buying, selling, or trading votes, or offering or receiving money, gifts, prizes, discounts, or anything else of value in exchange for votes;

   4. using vote-exchange groups, click farms, or any service that offers to generate votes;

   5. using VPNs, proxies, or other tools to hide your identity or location in order to cast additional votes or to appear eligible when you are not;

   6. casting votes on behalf of another person, or allowing another person to vote using your email address; and

   7. any other method that tampers with, disrupts, or circumvents the voting process or these Voting Rules.
      
      

The Grantees may void suspicious or non-compliant votes, block any email address or device from voting, and disqualify any voter who engages in these practices. Consistent with Section 11 of the Competition Terms, the Grantees may also disqualify any finalist who engages in or benefits from these practices, whether or not the finalist was personally involved. Any attempt to deliberately damage or undermine the vote may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and the Grantees reserve the right to seek damages and other remedies to the fullest extent permitted by law.

7. Campaigning by Finalists. Finalists are encouraged to share their Submission and invite fans to vote, as long as they follow these rules:

   1. Permitted Campaigning. Finalists may share the Voting Page link and ask friends, family, and fans to vote on social media, by email, or in person.

   2. No Incentives or Rule-Breaking. Finalists may not offer, or allow anyone else to offer, anything of value in exchange for votes, and may not encourage anyone to vote more often than these Voting Rules allow or to use any practice prohibited by Section 7.

   3. Content Standards. All campaign posts and messages must comply with the content standards in Section 5 of the Competition Terms and the terms of any social media platform used. Finalists may not disparage, harass, or make false statements about any other finalist, the Grantees, or the Competition.

   4. No Endorsement; Keep Your Post Up. Finalists may not state or suggest that BET, CBS, Skydance, or any other Grantee endorses them, and must keep their #BETSoulTrainLine post public and unaltered as required by Section 3(e) of the Competition Terms.

   5. Responsibility for Supporters. A finalist is responsible for campaigning carried out by people acting on the finalist’s behalf.
      
      

8. How Votes Are Counted. Votes will be counted as follows:

   1. Verification and Tally. At the close of the Voting Period, the Grantees will verify and tally all eligible votes. Votes voided under these Voting Rules will be removed before the final tally.

   2. Equal Weight. Every eligible vote counts as one (1) vote and carries equal weight. Votes are not weighted by day, platform, location, or any other factor.

   3. No Judges’ Scores in the Final Vote. The judging committee’s evaluations under Section 10 of the Competition Terms are used only to select the ten (10) finalists. They do not carry over into the public vote and are not combined with public votes to determine the Winner.

   4. Vote Totals. Vote counts may not be displayed during the Voting Period, and BET is not required to publish vote totals or rankings at any time. Any counts shown on the Voting Page or elsewhere during the Voting Period are unofficial.

   5. Final Count. The Grantees’ verification and tally of votes is final and binding.
      
      

9. How the Vote Determines the Winner. The public vote decides the Winner as follows:

   1. Highest Vote Total Wins. The finalist who receives the highest number of eligible votes will be the Winner, subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with the Competition Terms and these Voting Rules.

   2. Ties. If finalists are tied for the highest number of eligible votes, BET will break the tie in its sole discretion.

   3. Notification and Alternate Winner. The Winner will be notified after the Voting Period closes and must return any additional documents required by Section 6(g) of the Competition Terms. If the Winner is ineligible, is disqualified, or cannot be reached within twenty-four (24) hours after notice, the finalist with the next highest number of eligible votes will become the Winner.

   4. Announcement. The Winner may be announced during The Soul Train Awards 2026 broadcast on CBS and BET on November 27, 2026.

   5. Prizes. The Winner will receive the Grand Prize described in Section 12 of the Competition Terms. Each of the other nine (9) finalists will receive the finalist prize described in Section 12, regardless of the number of votes they receive.

   6. No Prize for Voting. Voters do not receive any prize or compensation for voting.
      
      

10. Disqualified Finalists. If a finalist is disqualified or withdraws at any time, votes cast for that finalist are void and will not be transferred or redistributed to any other finalist. Voters will not receive replacement votes. BET may remove the finalist’s Submission from the Voting Page and may, in its sole discretion, replace the finalist as described in Section 10 of the Competition Terms.
    
    

11. Technical Issues and Interruptions. The Grantees, Greenfly, and/or JotForm are not responsible for votes that are lost, late, incomplete, misdirected, or not recorded because of any technical, network, computer, software, or platform failure, or error in the Voting Page. If BET determines that the vote has been compromised by fraud, technical failure, or any other cause that affects its fairness or integrity, BET may, in its sole discretion, void the affected votes, suspend or extend the Voting Period, restart the vote, or select the Winner from among the eligible votes received before the problem occurred, in each case as permitted by Section 13 of the Competition Terms. Any change will be posted on the official contest website.
    
    

12. Privacy. The email address and other information you provide when voting will be collected and used to administer the vote, verify votes, and prevent fraud, and as described in the privacy policies identified in Section 15 of the Competition Terms. Opting in to receive BET communications is optional and is not a condition of voting.
    
    

13. Release; Limitation of Liability. By voting, you release the Grantees, Greenfly, JotForm, and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, licensees, and assigns from any and all claims arising out of or in connection with your participation in the vote, and you agree that Section 18 (Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability) of the Competition Terms applies to your participation in the vote.
    
    

14. Governing Law and Arbitration. These Voting Rules are governed by the laws of the State of California, and any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Voting Rules or the vote will be resolved by final and binding individual arbitration in accordance with Section 19 of the Competition Terms, which applies to you as a voter as if fully set out here.
    
    

15. General. The Grantees may modify, suspend, or terminate the vote at any time as described in Section 13 of the Competition Terms. All decisions of the Grantees about the vote, including decisions about the eligibility of any vote or voter, are final. If there is a conflict between these Voting Rules and the Competition Terms, the Competition Terms will control, except that these Voting Rules will control as to the mechanics of casting and counting votes. If any provision of these Voting Rules is held unenforceable, the rest will remain in effect. Void where prohibited by law.
    
    

VOTER CONSENT. By submitting a vote on the Voting Page, I confirm that I am at least 18 years old and a legal resident of the United States, that I am eligible to vote, and that I have read and agree to these Voting Rules, including the release of claims and binding arbitration provision. I understand that only one vote per Voting Day per person and per email address is permitted, and that votes cast in violation of these Voting Rules are void.