Al,
No need to be suspicious. I think the best policy for OurStage would be to simply NOT allow anyone to vote/judge their own songs, period. This is how all other song contests work including the JPF awards. Volunterr judges can NOT judge on their own stuff, period.

I've had the same experience with my songs coming up against others, but it's a real dilema for me as well. Technically, this shouldn't even happen and there's no excuse for it. They know when artists are logged in and artists should not have their own songs pop up in the voting process to be "tempted" to vote on, period.

I thought it was an error or that maybe they're still working on this. So if this is not a "bug", and their policy is to allow all artists & bands to vote on their own material, then they might want to review their voting policy. It's a huge numbers game so maybe the votes those won't matter much in the final outcome, but maybe they do. It all depends how many artists vs. fans are voting.

Maybe Daniel Palmer can fill us in about their voting policy.
Michael

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