# How to vote on gauges and receive bribes.

This page details our "on-chain" governance process of voting on gauges. The purpose of gauge votes is to determine which farms receive emission allocations for each epoch. Each epoch ranges over a one week period Wed 5pm PST - Wed 5:59PM PST the following week.  You can read more in our inSPIRIT page. 

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[inSPIRIT](/spirit-swap/inspirit.md)
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## Requirements 

* Have inSPIRIT in your wallet

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 If you don't have this you can review how to acquire inSPIRIT via the following link [1) Generate inSPIRIT](/spirit-swap/howto/inspirit/generate-inspirit.md)
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## Step 1. Go to [app.spiritswap.finance](https://app.spiritswap.finance/#/) and connect wallet

![SpiritSwap home page](/files/kQmmyaTZjKj5tTayy2a7)

## Step 2. Once Wallet is connected, go to the [inSPIRIT](https://inspirit.spiritswap.finance/) page. Once on the inSPIRIT page scroll down to where you see "vote to boost your farm". Here you can enter in the percentage weights you want to wards the farms.

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Hint\* Make sure to check which farms are offering bribes. These are updated in our discord announcement channel each week and on twitter. If you vote for farms offering bribes, you will receive a portion of these bribes proportionate to your vote weight / global vote weights on that farm. 
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![inSPIRIT farm vote page](/files/UTdD3bj0franRtkRlzw3)

## Step 3. If you cant cast your vote, you may not have voted enough to total 100% of your voting power. Note the "voting weight" indicator at the bottom of the page. 

![inSPIRIT farm vote page ](/files/jMadPrOoLZiF6l311gMO)

## Step 4. Once your vote tallies 100% you can click on the "vote" button, accept and sign the transaction in MetaMask and your vote will be cast. 

![Vote button will be clickable once vote tally reaches 100%](/files/DNfYrkF3D2ZPQzC4gfHc)

## Step 5. Congratulations, you have now cast your first vote. If you voted on a farm offering bribes, they will be airdropped to your wallet by the participating protocol. You can check the status of our bribe airdrops in our discord server channel titled "Bribes-list". 

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In future, with V2, this process will be much more streamlined where by votes will be broadcast within the inSPIRIT page and bribes will be claimable directly from the UI at the end of each weekly epoch. 
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