The votes that you have got could be a result of your action on Bitmixer. 
Bitmixer participants have been spamming the hell out of this forum.
I mainly "know" Lauda from the stop-the-spam-topic leading up to the decision that made her campaign manager. And indeed, the spam-fighting is why I choose him/her* Bitmixer participants have been spamming the hell out of this forum.That was my thread about proactive fighting with spam
The name is close to the feminine "Laura", which is why people confuse it.
Lauda is a female name itself in many European countries, mostly in Italy, if I'm not mistaken. And believe me, her posts give her away instantly. But this is off-topic, though she obviously likes it when this question is raised again and again. I would love that too if I were a woman, lol (just in case, I ain't). Regarding the elections themselves, if we really can call them so, the question looks more like about choosing only one new global moderator...
Otherwise, I don't see any sense as to why there seems to be so much ado about this matter across Meta