Agreed, I think it's much more likely that the Palinites are simply maxing out the votes they're allowed to make IE 10 calls (per phone number - note that a psy

Agreed, I think it's much more likely that the Palinites are simply maxing out the votes they're allowed to make IE 10 calls (per phone number - note that a psycho fan in your average household could easily pull off 50 votes by using their cell, their spouses their kids and their home phone), texts, emails, etc. I remember back in the UK the reality shows used to limit it to 1 vote per type, but they still suffered huge problems like this. It sometimes seemed like the best person often failed on the Idol shows, but were picked up by a huge agent on a better contract than the actual winner (IE better sign on bonus, not forced into tours, etc.). IIRC Simon Cowell actually wanted a non-compete clause put into the contracts to prevent this, however I don't think anything came of it and he's now leaving American Idol - likely in part because of this.