We coordinated literally hundreds of people to vote, and know of other people that did the same. Our efforts were published in the St. Petersburg Times. We approached this final vote with the same resolve that got us into the top 10 in the first place, and could not get past 7th place. I personally watched several people vote on the same computer, and the percentage did not change at all, almost like the votes were just not registering. I don't know the science behind the vote count, and I'm not trying to be a sore loser, but it would sure be nice to get an explanation for why our votes were not registering, and how it would be possible for us to lose so badly with so many people voting.
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