# Buying Gauge Votes

Buying votes on Votex will allow you to increase your weight on gauges that control BLZE incentives. To do so, go to the "Buy Votes" tab, and you'll see a list of gauges available on SolBlaze.

During any given window, users will be able to bid for a share of the total veBLZE available on Votex. This means that your share can fluctuate until the voting window is closed. If only one bidder buys vote, they will get 100% of the veBLZE available on Votex. If two bidders buy vote, it will be distributed based on the amount of money they deposited. \
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**Timing**

The protocol flow occurs in 7 day epochs, aligned with SolBlaze epoch. The protocol has three different phases, which occur simultaneously in a pipeline.\
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1\) Vote Buying

2\) Voting

3\) Distributing Incentives\
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N is the number of the current epoch for distributing incentives on the SolBlaze. If you buy votes for a gauge now, you are buying for distribution in epoch number N + 2.

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It will take 2 epochs for N + 2 to progress through the pipeline to the Distributing Incentives phase.\
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So, it will take anywhere from 7 to 14 days for vote buys to result in reward distributions. It will take 14 days for votes bought on the beginning of the first day of an epoch or 7 for votes bought right before the end of an epoch.\
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**Buying**

To process a buy, first connect your wallet. Then click the buy button next to the gauge you wish to buy incentives for. This will open a modal with a field allowing you to enter the amount you're willing to put in to buy the votes. As mentioned above, you get a % of the veBLZE based on the amount you're putting in vs how much is already deposited by other users.\
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Based on your bid (and others' bids), Votex will use the delegated veBLZE (proportional to your bid) to vote on your gauge. This is done once week at the beginning of a new epoch. \
