In " The Right Way to Get Lots of Votes in The Best of McKinley Park ," I detailed how last fall we deleted votes and accounts that comprised instances of ballot-stuffing, similar to how we treat spammers and bots.

As noted in this message, there are many elements beyond circumstance that go into determining user and member activity that doesn't align with our Terms of Service , and these are especially obvious to a technically astute publication like the McKinley Park News.

Until this evening, all engagement with our Bike Lanes on West 35th Street news poll  showed good and honest intention and interaction on all sides of the issue. Unfortunately, today we encountered an instance of ballot stuffing and deleted these accounts and their votes.

I wrote yesterday  in " Thanks and welcome to all our new members! " how I closely curate our member community and interaction, including reviewing every new member signup. Numerous elements can indicate insincere member interaction, especially when they appear in combination. 

We feel confident in our actions, but are happy to communicate directly with anyone who feels their account and vote was incorrectly deleted: We can restore the deletions and correct the oversight, with apologies.

Please do feel free to share the news poll with others who might like to participate indivdually in our news poll.