Add blog post about the voting for the Hardware Contest 2017

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+layout: post
+title: "Hardware Contest 2017"
+description: "Voting period for Hardware Contest 2017 started"
+date: 2017-04-24 06:00:00 +0000
+date_formatted: "April 24, 2017"
+author: Fabian Affolter
+author_twitter: fabaff
+comments: true
+categories: Community
+og_image: /images/default-social.png
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+We have four submissions for our [Hardware Contest 2017][hardware].
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+- [Part of IoT-course](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/entry-for-hardware-contest-part-of-iot-course/14827)
+- [Automating a nursing home!](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/entry-automating-a-nursing-home/14872)
+- [Dedicated hardware for coding, testing, building, and contributing to Home Assistant](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/entry-dedicated-hardware-for-coding-testing-building-and-contributing-to-home-assistant/15515)
+- [HassIO - Home Assistant hub for dummies](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/entry-hassio-home-assistant-hub-for-dummies/16037)
+
+The voting is now open. To keep things simple are we using the voting feature of the [forum]. Vote for your choices.
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+End of the voting period: April, 30 2017 - 23.59 UTC
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+[hardware]: https://home-assistant.io/blog/2017/04/01/thomas-krenn-award/
+[award]: https://www.thomas-krenn.com/de/tkmag/allgemein/zammad-home-assistant-und-freifunk-das-sind-die-gewinner-des-thomas-krenn-awards-2017/
+[forum]: https://community.home-assistant.io/c/contest-2017
+[twitter]: https://twitter.com/home_assistant
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