The contest was meant to stir up user participation in the site. People warned you about security holes and whatever else, you blew all that off claiming that the site worked, and worked well enough that this contest could be run.
I say you should counts the votes as they came in, as the system you defended so boldly, counted them. This is error checking and foolproofing you do BEFORE the contest starts, not once the voting comes in. I say just let it go as it goes, count the votes, award a winner. Then, take everything you've learned here about the site design and layout problems, the voting problems, and whatever else you got here as feedback, and fix up your site so it works better the next time around.
Last edited by AndreasK; Dec 15, 2009 at 07:37 PM.
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