I think the lack of participating in the poll is due to how hard it is to find the actual poll (or entries) link and the fact that it's on an external site rather than Omni (although I can understand if you wanted more Cemetech members to vote). For example, in the original public vote news, the poll is located inside a spoiler tag. Very visibility.
Also, unlike previous years, there was no EzBlock setup to advertise the contest accross the entire Omni website.