We love those Capital Region "best of" polls every time they come out.  It's a great opportunity to share our opinions and show support to the local people, places and things that we adore.

The one major suck-point with filling out these surveys is you have to fill out a good majority of the list for it to count, which wouldn't be a problem, but I don't give a rat's you-know-what about half of the categories.

Hence, The Capital Region HOT list is born.  Our hope was to put together a small list of categories that actually matter to YOU!  Admittedly, some of them may not.  That's why we're only requiring you to fill out 6 fields in order for your votes to count.  You can vote as many times as you'd like, as long as 6 fields are filled out.

We'll announce the winners on-air in early February, 2013.  Have fun!

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