I voted, cleared cookies and voted again but the numbers didn't change. You are in the lead though!!

I was able to vote again too! I'll try again tomorrow too.

I voted again and commented in your favor, this time. Will vote for you again later 2night. Obviously Shandi H has supporters working in her favor. BUT, they will not beat the GW TKOs!

voted! good luck! ;-)

marthavila, I just read your comment, you are hysterical.

Thanks guys....If I could get my additional votes to register I would certainly be doing it, but even with clearing cookies, etc, I can't get any other votes to register! Could Mr. Beekeeper have installed a Firewall so strong that I can't break through on our network here at the hive?

bzzzzzz

I can't find a vote button at all.

I cleared cookies and can't vote again, either. I'm on a Mac, maybe there's a difference? Anyway, I hope you win. My daughter once entered a video-book-review contest sponsored by a library association. We thought it was judged on actual achievement (and she did a brilliant job) but then she found out it was an online-vote popularity contest. She'd done 2 videos, one a really well-thought-out one with full script and costumes and backgrounds, and the second was a sort of throw-away one about chickens. The better one got voted on first, and it was clear the other kid's school was having whole classes of students vote. Their video was AWFUL but it won. For the next one -the chicken one- she told everyone on a chicken forum she frequented about it. It was a lovely community (like this one!) and everyone voted for her, so she won. It kinda bummed me out, since the really deserving one she made didn't win, but she did win a bunch of free books for herself and for her local library. Anyway---- if I could vote more for you I would. Good luck!
Stacey

I was allowed to vote again. I wonder if you are able to cast 1 vote each day.
Good luck.

I just voted - you're in the lead. I'll vote again from work tomorrow. That bar can't hold a candle to what us GWers can do!

I just voted for you. The tile is fabulous.

Voted from my work laptop, will try my home computer again today. Still in the lead!

marti8a, at the bottom of the column of contestants is an ugly brown box. The word VOTE is there in black type. It doesn't look like anything other than text but if you mark Karen's circle and then click the VOTE you will have voted for her.

Wow, what a coincidence! I JUST learned about Mission Tile, etc. today from the KitchenLab! I'd gone to their site, and fell in love. Then, hours elapsed, and...I just now learned about this competition and voted for you, Karen. You have a gorgeous kitchen, too, btw! Good luck! I'll vote everyday! Sorry for the dodgy writing. I've had a bit too much Chinese food and wine.

Voted! Will vote again tomorrow!

Just voted again. You're up by 5!

just voted again...good luck!

voted! you're up by 6!

I just voted from both of my home computers, not sure either one took! I didn't look before my first vote - after it was 307 which is up by 6 just as IronCook noted - Coincidence? I then jumped to my other computer and voted and it also says 307 - hmmmmmmmm

I would love to vote for you, but where or where is the vote button? I have been up and down the page and I can't find it? Feeling rather stupid.

The "Vote" is not a button, it's a link beneath the last entry. It looks like you're voting for the last entry, but as long as you've clicked the "Karen V" radio button, it's supposed to count for her.

jeri, I feel your pain! I can never see the vote count jump when I try. Did you leave a message on the page with the results? I've seen people doing that, you know, "hey I voted for Karen V and your count didn't change, please make sure to add that vote".

Well, I'm back in the lead thanks to GW, although I'm sure that today must be 1/2 price wing day at the bar and they are offering free beer if you vote. arghhhh

Thanks again!

Voted! BKW, is that your kitchen on their page for the arabesque tile? They should bump you up for making their tile look so good!

Done. Keep us posted if you fall behind the lead.

I"m on a Mac and it won't let me vote again - maybe if I wait 24 hours? Will try on DH laptop in a bit.

I just voted from home, and voted from work last week! I'll try again tomorrow! Good luck!

Done! Good Luck Karen

I just voted but you're down by a few...

I voted (it was 430 to 408, the bar ahead).

BTW I love that tile!

We'll keep trying! Good luck.

I just gave you three new votes - one from my iPad, one from my desktop, and one from my kids' laptop. If dh gets home soon, I'll vote from his laptop too! Hmm, maybe I should try dd's touch. Of course, shandy's votes increased by two in the time I spent adding my three votes. Darn it, you are still down by about 20 votes.

Just voted again. Shandi H is just ahead of you. Hopefully enough of us will vote for you to put you back in the lead :)

Have you noticed, Shandi is always ahead. Check her numbers before you vote, check both numbers after you vote. Check the total votes cast on the first page. Something's not right. I voted three times tonight on two computers. Shandi got 6 votes, Karen none. Where did they go? I smell something rotten.

I voted too but don't see them counting... Karen, I think you might have to give this one up. They are beautiful....

Pinch me, I voted three times last night and noticed that karen's votes went up but sordid shandi's when I checked immediately after. I just voted once again and karen's tally remained the same but shandi's went up by one. I wonder if there is a glitch in their system. :(

I voted. Tried again the next day after clearing cache & cookies..It wouldn't let me vote again.
As for the possible glitch in their system..I would contact them and bring it to their attention. NOT FAIR!
Good Luck!

Pinchme, I saw your comments on the results page. Thanks. The comments coming from the bar's patrons are a bit odd in my opinion. I mean, when was the last time you were in a bar, looked behind the bar (where Shandi says it will go) and admired the tile and asked where to buy it? Maybe it's the free drinks talking?

I really wonder if something is wrong with the system. I truly do not believe there would not be anything dishonest being done by Mission Stone.

My suggestion is if you vote and see that it didn't count for me, and/or it increased Shandi's votes (and yet the Total # Votes only changed by 1 (meaning someone didn't simultaneously vote for Shandi) then I would certainly post that in the comments for the moderator to see.

I did send an email to Mission Stone today pointing out that there are a lot of comments about votes not registering. If I recall, earlier they said that if your vote wouldn't post, to record it there and they would add it in to the total.

Thanks to all, this is just exhausting and unless whatever is wrong is corrected there is no way to get ahead. Besides GW, I have a lot of people casting votes and I'm not seeing the results.

Although I'm not 100% sure of this, I do believe that, if you check the vote tally before you actually vote, just the act of going to that page registers you as having voted! It's happened a couple of times now that, when I check the tally first, and then go back to vote, the system tells me I have already voted. But, of course, I haven't and, as a result, no vote change is recorded. However, when I vote first and then check the tally, I see the vote change in Karen V's favor. My suggestion is that you vote first and then check the tally. Hope that makes sense.

Looks like they are getting a bigger lead. I have emailed a few friends and tried to rouse another gw forum. Maybe I can get my teen to put it on Facebook and ask his friends to vote? I don't know if they would respond or not. I hope more folks rally for you!
Nan

voted... you are only 25 behind... certainly doable!!!

keep heart! i'll get hubby and his coworkers to vote. :)

Wow; that's worth checking in on ... on each of the four computers here perhaps?

I voted a few days ago when this thread originally popped up. I did look at the tallies first and noted the numbers for Karen and the bar. They were the same that day. When I voted I checked IMMEDIATELY again and my vote had been tallied but so had a vote for the bar. I find it really odd that on a given day in a not largely publicized thing that a vote was cast for the bar at the exact moment I cast a vote for Karen. I'm NOT SAYING ANYONE IS DOING ANYTHING SHADY>>>just think maybe the counter is doing something funky?

I just wanted to say thanks to all of you who are still taking the time to vote. And to those of you who have said such nice things in the comments on the "results page".

As you may have seen, it seems to have turned slightly ugly. Unless there is some sort of "tile miracle" I don't expect to win. I find it unfortunate that a lot of votes are not being counted, or possibly something is wrong with the counter. Again, if your vote isn't counted, leave a comment about that in the comments section, right below where the results are posted.

It sounds like the woman who is "redesigning the bar" for her fiancee's family is pretty determined to get this tile. (Which is another topic completely) I think it would be nice to win it, I think it would look great in my laundry room, but if I don't win it, my backup plan will still be great--to extend the cork into the laundry room as originally planned.

If you want to try and keep voting, great. I would love to win and "show Shandi H that the power of GW is not to be taken lightly".

Again, thanks to all.

I didn't take the time to read the comments (didn't know that it had turned ugly) but I did just vote again. down by 34 votes. That's not a lot, I think you still have a good chance!!

OK, I am very curious: how is it that everyone thinks vote-stuffing like this is OK?

@kevinw1... actually, i'm not sure it is okay one way or another. there are no rules posted. a lot of these types of contests allow people to vote once per day, but there are no rules.

that's probably why it's gotten ugly. :(

and a lot of people's votes don't seem to register.

badly handled contest, i think.

@kevinw1: but i don't think asking as many people as possible to vote is "vote stuffing". isn't that like a voter registration drive at election time?

i'm linking to the comments section BUT DON'T VISIT THIS PAGE IF YOU INTEND TO VOTE!!! It may prevent your vote from being counted.

you will automatically go to the page after you vote.

Here is a link that might be useful: Results Page with Comments

How is it 'vote-stuffing' if the contest allows a person to vote once a day? Some folks can't get even one single vote to tabulate.

I'm sorry it's turned ugly over there, I hadn't looked at the comments either until today. I still hope you win, Bee!

It's so amazing that no matter what, she's ALWAYS ahead 24 votes. I bet it couldn't have been planned better than that.

"I voted three times last night and noticed that karen's votes went up but sordid shandi's when I checked immediately after "

"sordid shandi's" I know it's a typo, but funny. We don't *know* that she's sordid...it's just a bar.

Cindaintx,

That's what it did when I voted the other day. I have tried to clear cookies and vote for Karen again to no avail. It won't let me cast a second vote. I don't think it's intentional, just weird and seemingly impossible that it's ACTUAL votes. The timing is too perfect.