diff --git a/scripts/deployment/deploy_23_vote_weighting.js b/scripts/deployment/deploy_23_vote_weighting.js
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+/*global process*/
+
+const { expect } = require("chai");
+const { ethers } = require("hardhat");
+const { LedgerSigner } = require("@anders-t/ethers-ledger");
+
+async function main() {
+    const fs = require("fs");
+    const globalsFile = "globals.json";
+    const dataFromJSON = fs.readFileSync(globalsFile, "utf8");
+    let parsedData = JSON.parse(dataFromJSON);
+    const derivationPath = parsedData.derivationPath;
+    const useLedger = parsedData.useLedger;
+    const providerName = parsedData.providerName;
+    let EOA;
+
+    const provider = await ethers.providers.getDefaultProvider(providerName);
+    const signers = await ethers.getSigners();
+
+    if (useLedger) {
+        EOA = new LedgerSigner(provider, derivationPath);
+    } else {
+        EOA = signers[0];
+    }
+    // EOA address
+    const deployer = await EOA.getAddress();
+    console.log("EOA is:", deployer);
+
+    // Transaction signing and execution
+    console.log("23. EOA to deploy VoteWeighting contract pointed to veOLAS");
+    const VoteWeighting = await ethers.getContractFactory("VoteWeighting");
+    console.log("You are signing the following transaction: VoteWeighting.connect(EOA).deploy(veOLAS)");
+    const voteWeighting = await VoteWeighting.connect(EOA).deploy(parsedData.veOLASAddress);
+    const result = await voteWeighting.deployed();
+
+    // Transaction details
+    console.log("Contract deployment: voteWeighting");
+    console.log("Contract address:", voteWeighting.address);
+    console.log("Transaction:", result.deployTransaction.hash);
+
+    // If on sepolia, wait half a minute for the transaction completion
+    if (providerName === "sepolia") {
+        await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 30000));
+    }
+
+    // Contract verification
+    if (parsedData.contractVerification) {
+        const execSync = require("child_process").execSync;
+        execSync("npx hardhat verify --constructor-args scripts/deployment/verify_23_vote_weighting.js --network " + providerName + " " + voteWeighting.address, { encoding: "utf-8" });
+    }
+
+    // Writing updated parameters back to the JSON file
+    parsedData.voteWeightingAddress = voteWeighting.address;
+    fs.writeFileSync(globalsFile, JSON.stringify(parsedData));
+}
+
+main()
+    .then(() => process.exit(0))
+    .catch((error) => {
+        console.error(error);
+        process.exit(1);
+    });
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diff --git a/scripts/deployment/verify_23_vote_weighting.js b/scripts/deployment/verify_23_vote_weighting.js
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+const fs = require("fs");
+const globalsFile = "globals.json";
+const dataFromJSON = fs.readFileSync(globalsFile, "utf8");
+const parsedData = JSON.parse(dataFromJSON);
+
+module.exports = [
+    parsedData.veOLASAddress
+];
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