You're unlikely to. Its supposed to be a vote by all members of a.c.f
but in fact is only a vote taken from a little clique. You'll figure
out who they are. Just look for the thread with the playschool catfight
going on.
That's not entirely a fair paragraph.
The vote is done annually towards years end. You will see a
great many threads concerning voting on programs in various
categories. There will be threads asking for volunteers to
assist in counting and recounting category votes. In short,
it will be impossible to come here and miss it. It is a
pretty big deal. Is there a hard schedule to post? Not that
I know of. There is a general time period, years end. It is
done by volunteers, so it's pretty much whenever the ball
starts rolling.
The vote is for all ACF members who care to participate.
Those who choose not to participate are free to make that
decision of course.
Now is the time to be looking at your personal selection of
freewares and selecting the best. If you really want to
actively participate try other similar programs and again
select he best. When the time comes you can nominate a
program, or simply vote for it. There might be discussion
votes in which you can cite your experiences with the
programs and why you prefer X over Y and Z.