Count Every Vote
Thanks to members of Daily Kos publishing automated voting code we've had to enforce strict IP checking for the polls. I had hoped that people would be able to conduct themselves in a civilized manner, but apparently that was too much to ask. Once the code got into circulation many of the sites nominated for Best Overall Blog got "help" by automated bots designed to continuously vote.
Those sites have been blocked permanently from accessing this site, but there's no way to stop future attacks short of limiting each IP address to one vote every 24 hours. Unfortunately this will affect AOL users and those behind corporate firewalls. The denizens of Daily Kos have left me no alternative.
Kevin Aylward
http://2004weblogawards.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi?__mode=view&entry_id=83
Interesting.
Why not just let them knock themselves out and zonk the vote for kos & co, then simply eliminate them from the final tally?
Sandbox them to the irrelevant corner where they deserve to be.