You might want to try resubmitting without doing that - Can I ask people to upvote my submission? No. Users should vote for a story because it's

You might want to try resubmitting without doing that - Can I ask people to upvote my submission? No. Users should vote for a story because it's intellectually interesting, not because someone is promoting it. When the software detects a voting ring, it penalizes the post. Accounts that vote like this eventually get their votes ignored.