Here's a thing re the voting.
I wanted to vote, but couldn't because my original, 1-week "sock" block was extended by a week, for "evading" my block. Setting aside whether the original block was fair - my reason for editing anonymously was for privacy, but others called it avoiding scrutiny - the extension of my block was not fair because the IP that caused it was not me, which I think I argued well.
My last effort, on the last day of voting, to get the "evasion" block lifted was going to the unblock IRC (that was quite an experience) and proposing that I only vote and not do anything else until the block extension expired. Admins there would not agree to that proposal, plus they gave me some snark because of my ignorance of how the unblock process works.
In fact, added to my list now of not-content issues (and I really would prefer to work on content) to address is the SPI/block process. It was aggravating as hell to want to discuss my situation privately, but be ignored, thereby not being able to defend myself without outing/confirming personal information. My choices were 1. Argue my position publicly and confirm outed, personal information (my IP address), or 2. Stay quiet and look guilty by not denying the charge. I'm still trying to wrap my brain around it.