I am unsure what is meant by "stuffing the ballot". I have always heard the term used to refer to people voting more than once. That would indeed be cheating. However, if "stuffing the ballot" means asking your friends to vote for you, I don't understand how that could be considered cheating. What does Artist of the Year mean? To me, it is akin to Time Magazine's "Man of the Year". The "Man of the Year" isn't necessairly the best "Man of the Year", it's the person who made the biggest impact during the year. I don't think there's an artist on this site who's made a bigger impact this year than Legume. He's probably just about the best known guy here. He's been at the center of a lot of stuff that happened this past year. He's brought a lot of people into Renderosity -- people who have stayed, and posted their own galleries. He has been the big story of the year. He's the one person who everyone has an opinion about. How can Legume not be Artist of the Year?