IMO the voting process isn't the problem, it's (SOME OF) the participants that are the problem. There are way to many people on here trolling each other, accusing each other of cheating and just being assholes in general. I know you've spent tons of time marketing yourself over at HackForums and thats totally OK. I've also made countless posts to Facebook, Twitter, gotten my friends to vote for me, asked family to vote for me, gotten co-workers to vote and etc... and I'm sure everyone else is doing the exact same thing. It's called marketing yourself and it would be stupid not to do that if you're involved in a contest.