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Voting for Woz on Dancing with the Stars? Here’s how


Steve Wozniak is hoping to get the geek vote for his fancy footwork on Dancing with the Stars.

He will be tripping the light (?) fantastic tonight with partner Karina Smirnoff on the ABC show (8/7c), where he’s up against “Jackass” Steve-O, former Go-Go Belinda Carlisle and actress Denise Richards, among others.

Here are the numbers to vote:

Steve Wozniak & Karina Smirnoff

phone number:  800-86834-10 or  800-VOTE4-10
text in code:   3410

To vote online, check out the official site (poll page goes up when the show goes live).

You can also follow the Votes for Woz movement via the dedicated  twitter stream or Facebook group.
Dancers are judged by professionals but the folks at home decide whether the couple moves forward in the competition.

Phone lines, text votes (AT&T customers only) and online polls will open at the top of each performance show so viewers can vote for their favorites.

Phone and text lines stay open for 30 minutes after the end of the show. Online voting will remain open until noon (Eastern Time) the next day. (Wonder if that means Woz fans outside the US can vote for him or it will be blocked…Update: you can vote online — 13 times — until noon EST the day after the show is broadcast, from anywhere, as long as you register.)

Wozniak adds: “You can vote up to 13 times with your cell phone. Actually, you can only vote as many times as there are contestants, which will likely be either 11, 12 or 13 this Monday, but extra votes surely don’t hurt.” He also spoke of an iPhone app to vote in the iTunes store, but a quick search didn’t turn it up…

Are you planning on voting your support?

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nicole_martinelli

Nicole Martinelli was born in San Francisco and has lived in Milan and Florence, Italy. Cultish tendencies and love for DIY increased while living on the Old Continent, where tech came late and cost more in Big Mac index terms. She's written for Wired.com, The New York Times and Newsweek. Since 1999, she's been tapping away at zoomata. You can also find her on Facebook, Linked in and Twitter.

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4 comments

    Ignoring the expectations of Woz’ footwork, the biggest problem he faces isn’t on the show. It’s on NBC. All the geeks who’d be voting for him will be watching Chuck! The real hardcore will stick with Heroes after that.

    Dead man dancin’

    I will see Chuck but still I will vote for the Woz.

    [...] Ain’t going to lie. This man needs to win. Never seen the show but guess wot? I’ll be watching. Y’know why? Because it’s Steve “I play Polo on a Segway and I made the first Macintosh with a hang-nail and dirty snot” Wozniak. For god’s sake can somewoz (too easy) get the man a Slimfast and a defibulator. I got your back Wozard (someone stop me). Lord help us all. [...]

    I watched him the other night & I think he is not that bad, but not that good either. But it gives hope to all of us overweight middle aged men. Go WOZ!!
    I’m voting for him next time.

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