# How To Use Gauges

## Staking

You can stake BPT you already hold, and you can also stake your BPT when you are joining a pool

### Staking BPT you already have

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### Join and Stake BPT

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## Voting

* To vote for a pool's Gauge, head over to the veBAL page and pick the pool you want to vote for.
* You can allocate all or part of your voting power towards a given pool

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## Claiming Liquidity Mining Tokens

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