Honey, I voted for ToxicAngel, he was winning anyway and I did encourage those I know to vote too(for whoever they wanted to vote for). I thought that was part of the purpose of this site, to gain exposure for it's members. I'm sure that is one of the many purposes of this site, my point which seems to have eluded you is that a protester should remain true to his cause if he wants to be taken seriously, that is why I don't take Legume seriously. Then they never should have put it up for a vote in the first place. Once a contest has been started- then changed mid stride- it is definately borderline illegal. And nothing wrong with asking the authorities to look into this, just to make sure it's on the up and up. Last years AOY was surrounded in controversy of just that nature- it was alledged that a member was winning the AOY through multiple accounts and clones, then the poll was pulled everyones votes nulled and redistributed to however the PTB decided to redistribute them (i dont remember exactly how they decided to redistribute them but i can look it up). SO if last year is any example- yes they can track and find ut if it's clone accounts etc. both points true and I agree it would have been better to have not had the poll to start with, perhaps it was just a miscommunication or some sort within the staff or who knows why, but even if it wasn't I can't say I blame them for wanting to pull the poll... Melissa