I'm not going to immediately rule out the influence of guests on the poll, but if there actually are people rigging this vote, I'm really disappointed in you.
it's just impossible to prevent. i thought strawpoll was smarter than letting you vote over and over again if you disconnect and reconnect to your phone network, but people on both plast and trog's end clearly found that out as i watched trog's vote go from 110 to 130 at a completely even rate, same distance of time between each vote. it's mostly foul play.
grow up
its a glorified approval contest
when it gets excited enough, it's just a contest of how willing your supporters are to work to rig the vote. but what're you going to do, really