That last point is for legal reasons, though. Yeah, it might suck for everyone else, but they can't really do it without it costing them way too much to be able to afford to do so.
I think I'm being pwned by vote stuffers O_o http://www.84silver.com/contest_browse.php ppl are getting like 60 votes a day. or I'm just reaching the limit of how many people I know in the ti community.