User blog comment:Nalyd Renrut/The Future of my Fanfiction Career/@comment-1874924-20111008032734/@comment-1874924-20111008191113

Oppose votes did originally count, but that policy was changed...probably before I joined the wiki. And there is still the rule that nominees with 5 or more Oppose votes may be removed from the ballot at the admins' discretion. That rule used to state that such nominees will be removed, but that was changed to discourage "strategic" voting, e.g. hitting a strong contender with 5 Opposes just to get it off the ballot. The 5-Oppose rule is now used mainly to declutter the ballot by removing nominees that truly don't belong there, as such entries tend to draw flocks of opposition.