The entire VCR election system sucks, imo. Aaaannnd that's why I was against the whole idea from the very beginning before it was fully implemented~
I've seen this kind of systems and positions implemented before, on a previous mmo I mained for years; it never worked, people cheated to get votes, bought votes, and even countered cheated votes with more cheated votes, even if they already had the honest support of a lot of people, flamed each other, tossed crap at each other to try to get the others disqualified, annd....in the end it was more of a popularity contest and everyone missed the point of the real reasons behind the position. It didn't work there, it wasn't gonna work in this community either =/ It's sad, but that's how it is. No matter how many honest people vote, the cheating and mudslinging happens anyways.
More on topic: I'll be refraining from voting in many polls in these elections, because I honestly think there aren't many truly good candidates for most classes. And because I believe the VCR position should be better than what it currently is. Either way, good luck to the candidates (keep it clean and no cheating!).
I really can't believe this vcr thing is still happening. I mean, some of the class reps are there purely because there were no other nominations. Is that really a qualification?