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diff --git a/src/content/pages/programme/voting.mdx b/src/content/pages/programme/voting.mdx
index 2eddad182..df2a5dcc0 100644
--- a/src/content/pages/programme/voting.mdx
+++ b/src/content/pages/programme/voting.mdx
@@ -5,25 +5,28 @@ subtitle: Your opinion for a great conference!
 
 import { Image } from "astro:assets";
 import voteOptions from "../images/voting.png";
+import companion from "../images/companion.png";
 
 # Community Voting
 
 Welcome to EuroPython Community Voting! We want feedback about what YOU would
-like to see at EuroPython 2025. We have more than 572 proposals covering many
+like to see at EuroPython 2026. We have 616 proposals covering many
 aspects of Python, and we are excited to be putting together an engaging,
 educational and entertaining programme.  Your feedback is an important
 ingredient in this refinement and curation process.
 
 
 <Center>
-Community Voting is <b>Closed</b>.
+Community Voting is currently <b>Open</b> ✅.
 
-It was open from Wednesday, 5 February 23:00:00 UTC
+The voting period starts on Thursday 19 February 18:00:00 UTC
 
-until Monday, 17 February 23:59:59 UTC
+until Thursday, 5 February 23:59:59 UTC
 </Center>
 
-<Button disabled>Thank you for casting your votes!</Button>
+<Button
+  url="https://voting.europython.eu"
+>Go to the community voting</Button>
 
 
 ---
@@ -36,13 +39,15 @@ until Monday, 17 February 23:59:59 UTC
   voting participant.
 - It’s robust against anonymous manipulation: only identities already known to
   us can participate.
+- We want a schedule for humans, so please avoid using LLMs to do the reviews
+  for you.
 
 ## Who can participate?
 
 To be eligible to vote, you need an email address already  known to us, i.e.
 one that has been used for any of the following:
- - You've registered for one of the past EuroPython conferences between 2022 - 2024;
- - You've submitted a proposal for 2025;
+ - You've registered for one of the past EuroPython conferences between 2023 - 2025;
+ - You've submitted a proposal for 2026;
 
 ## How do I vote?
 
@@ -80,6 +85,16 @@ For each submission, you can choose only one of four options
 - You are welcome to leave optional comments for each submission you vote on.
   They will only be shared with the programme team.
 
+### Did you notice the little companion?
+
+- This year we are including a little companion in your mission!
+- Evaluating more proposals, will help your companion to keep growing! so we hope you can take good
+  care of it.
+- Even if it's very tempting, we encourage you properly review talks before voting,
+  otherwise, your companion might suffer from a very quick review.
+
+<Image src={companion} alt="Screenshot of the vote companion" style="width: 200px;" class="mx-auto w-20 border-4 border-white rounded-lg shadow-lg" />
+
 ## Selection of Submissions
 
 We believe that a good conference consists of popular talks as well as new or
diff --git a/src/data/enabledPages.json b/src/data/enabledPages.json
index fa3e5f68f..a1f834c64 100644
--- a/src/data/enabledPages.json
+++ b/src/data/enabledPages.json
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
     "/selection",
     "/programme/mentorship",
     "/mentorship",
+    "/programme/voting",
+    "/voting",
     "/programme/cfp",
     "/cfp",
     "/guidelines",
diff --git a/src/data/links.json b/src/data/links.json
index 16bb53512..5bcfee68d 100644
--- a/src/data/links.json
+++ b/src/data/links.json
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
         {
           "name": "Speaker Mentorship",
           "path": "/mentorship"
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "Community Voting",
+          "path": "/voting"
         }
       ]
     },