157There's no limit to the overall number of votes in the system. Casting an upvote basically transfers one vote from the voter to the submitter of the item. By not having votes be created out of thin air, there's no way to cheat, and since you can't cheat, the site lets you use your votes however you want (i.e., multiple votes, votes on your own stuff). Currently, all votes originate from a set of users who have an unlimited number of votes. I'm not sure how those users would be selected..right now it's just me.

Travis
a year ago
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