Myself I vote each day on Mintpal and add 20-25 votes. For what I have seen, there are 3-4 persons who do the same.

But in order to make it to Mintpal, it should be much more than that: 20 or so persons. There are a lot of coins with less votes now than STY that progress a lot and will pass in a matter of one week. So at the current rate of vote, STY will stay in that position forever.

Another worrying thing is that the developer is missing in inaction, vanished. In order to change things, that should be the first thing to do: ask him to come back or to pass the control to others.