BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / BBC America poll - vote for our boys

**Posted by 221B Baker Street** July 5, 2012 11:41 pm

I voted for Ben, but he is behind Tom . I want Ben to be the winner!

**Posted by jimella** July 6, 2012 3:27 am

Ha! I just found out that if you open a new browser window, you can still vote. I already voted thrice in the last hour. We have until July 11 to make Ben win

**Posted by 221B Baker Street** July 6, 2012 3:33 am

jimella wrote:
Ha! I just found out that if you open a new browser window, you can still vote. I already voted thrice in the last hour. We have until July 11 to make Ben win

I'm with you!

**Posted by Davina** July 6, 2012 5:28 am

Ah-hem! You aren't vote riggging are you?

**Posted by jimella** July 6, 2012 10:17 am

Oops, guilty as charged

**Posted by SusiGo** July 6, 2012 10:29 am

Great idea, I'm starting at once .

**Posted by 221B Baker Street** July 6, 2012 10:53 am

I tried to vote the second time, but then it was written that my vote had been already counted. So, I think there's no way to vote twice.

**Posted by SusiGo** July 6, 2012 11:57 am

That's strange because I just went there and voted and my vote was counted once again. I mean, at least they said thank you for voting. And he's gained 0.5 percent since this morning so there's still hope, guys . I'll do my best. Let's see if it works for others as well.

**Posted by 221B Baker Street** July 7, 2012 6:36 am

I just tried to vote once again and it worked out!
To tell the truth I'm greatly surprised that Ben has less votes than Tom(((. I don't believe Tom has more fans than Ben....
I'll vote as much as possible for Ben to win .

**Posted by Sherli Bakerst** July 7, 2012 5:48 pm

Oh no! Benedict is way behind the other guy! Ironically, by about 7%. Fortunately, Martin is way ahead. But--anything can happen before the poll closes...

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** July 8, 2012 3:55 pm

So I voted for Ben, he's still behind at the moment but I posted it on my Facebook to encourage more people to vote...

How do you vote for Martin for third place?

**Posted by sherlockskitty** July 8, 2012 5:44 pm

I just voted again---just now-- and my vote was counted, instead of them saying "Thank you for voting" they put it thru!! so, I reckon you can vote as many times as you want...maybe after yu close your browser and open it again a few hours later? I can't believe that tom is ahead of benedict. so not fair. It wasn't like that this morning!! sheesh.

**Posted by Sherli Bakerst** July 8, 2012 5:51 pm

sherlockskitty wrote:
...my vote was counted, instead of them saying "Thank you for voting" they put it thru!!

What do you mean? If you get the "Thank you for voting" message, has the vote not been counted yet??? That's what I see when I vote. At least, I thought I'd voted. Is there something more to do to ensure my vote gets counted?

**Posted by sherlockskitty** July 8, 2012 10:16 pm

Sherli Bakerst wrote:
sherlockskitty wrote:
...my vote was counted, instead of them saying "Thank you for voting" they put it thru!!
What do you mean? If you get the "Thank you for voting" message, has the vote not been counted yet??? That's what I see when I vote. At least, I thought I'd voted. Is there something more to do to ensure my vote gets counted?

I made an error, as kitties sometimes do!!

When it says Thank you, we have already counted your vote. then that means the vote you just did before that, has already been counted, and not put thru. When it says thank you for voting then that means the vote was put through. I've voted at least 3 times today from the same PC (I lost count, detective...) and each time my vote was counted. so, you are voting correctly. It's the website that's being faulty in not counting our votes when they should!! Exclamation point was needed here. sorry I

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**Posted by jimella** July 9, 2012 4:18 am

Just remember, after you get the "Thank you for voting!" message, close your browser then start all over again.
Ben has to win this. We can do this, friends!

**Posted by jimella** July 9, 2012 1:23 pm

What on earth just happened? I was away from the computer for only 3 hours and when I got back, I saw this:

Tom Hiddleston 53.77%
Benedict Cumberbatch 46.23%

**Posted by sherlockskitty** July 9, 2012 6:10 pm

yeah--- i just voted again, and i see the SAME results!! It looks like the website is not counting any more votes from my computer, even tho it still allows me to vote. Weird, huh? I could have sworn that I saw those same results yesterday.

56.67 for tom, and 46.33 for ben. VOTE!!! how did this happen so quickly anyway!!

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**Posted by Sherli Bakerst** July 9, 2012 6:21 pm

That's the result I was getting, too, when I voted. Hence my earlier question. Maybe--and I'd love to think this was the reason--votes for BC have overloaded the website's server and it just can't keep up with all the changes! Oh well, off to vote again...

**Posted by sherlockskitty** July 9, 2012 6:25 pm

i never even heard of tom before. yeah maybe so, sherli.

**Posted by jimella** July 10, 2012 3:58 am

BC is now marginally up, 46.55...