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# How To Vote For A Witness

### Goal

Transfer a part of tokens *Golos Power* to vote for a witness candidate.

## Steps

The operation can be performed through the contract `gls.ctrl`.

### Step 1

Go to the page `https://golos.io/<@account name>/wallet` and review your token balance.

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The field *Golos Power* displays number of tokens a part of which you can spend on voting for witness.

### Step 2

Go to the page `https://explorer.cyberway.io/account/gls.ctrl/contract`.

### Step 3

In menu that opens, select action `votewitness` and fill in the fields.

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**Fields:**

* `voter` - account ID that is voting for the witness candidate.
* `witness` - account ID of the witness candidate for whom the vote is cast.
* `authorization` - the same account ID that is voting.

### Step 4

Click `Build transaction`.

### Step 5

Review transaction. Make sure the transaction contains correct information.

### Step 6

Subscribe with your private key and click `Sign transation` to send it on blockchain.