Allowing Excluded DT-1 Members votes to still be active is a hole in the system.
I disagree. I think this gives the kind of decentralization and depth to the trust system that we're trying to achieve. This avoids making it so a handful of DT1 users are able to control the entire DT.
Those users that are excluded from DT1, but meet all of the other criteria of the new system are certainly members that should have their votes be valid, in my opinion.
Side-Note: I am not advocating for TheFuzzStone, as I have no idea who that is.