# Get Started

Before you can vote incentives to a certain pool, you’re going to have provided "LP Tokens" to a certain Farm.

Learn To Provide "LP token" to a Farm[ here](https://docs.meridianfinance.net/swaps-meridian-swaps/farming).

Once you have your LP tokens staked in a Farm, you are set to start voting.

1. Start by heading over to Meridian Swap and Connect Your Wallet.

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2. After connecting wallet, head over to the "Vote" section by clicking "Vote".

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3. At the Voting section, a list of Farms will be available in which you can vote the amount of incentives they get, as well as see your **"Current Voting Power".**&#x20;

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4. You'll be able to see the current weighting of each farm, the APR, and the multiplier of each farm, as well as get the opportunity to vote on the new weighting on each farm based on your Voting Power.

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5. On the **"New Weighting Section"**, choose the amount of votes each farm get, total votes allocated to voter is **100%.**&#x20;

{% hint style="info" %}
The Votes distributed must be equal to 100% else you won't be able to submit the vote as well as get the error **"Total Votes Must Be Equal 100%".**
{% endhint %}

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6. After distributing votes amongst the different Farm(s). Click on **"Submit Votes".**

{% hint style="info" %}

* A transaction prompt will be displayed by your wallet, sign the transaction.
* Make sure you have gas in native token, else transaction won't go through.
  {% endhint %}

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7. Once the transaction has been confirmed on the block, you get a pop up window saying **"Votes Successfully Cast!".**&#x20;

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