As always, TIME's editors will choose the Person of the Year, but that doesn't mean readers shouldn't have their say. Cast your vote for the person you think most influenced the news this year for better or worse - in both a straight yes/no poll and a candidate face-off. Voting closes at 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 4, and the combined winner of our reader polls will be announced on Dec. 6. TIME's Person of the Year will be announced Dec. 11.
Larry Page: It was another big, bold year for Google, which took on a project to solve death.
Marissa Mayer: Yahoo’s CEO continued the company’s turnaround effort by spending a billion dollars on microblogging platform Tumblr and turned heads with a controversial Vogue fashion shoot.
