Just a thought - but I have noticed a pattern forming with POTW (its not that Mark64 has won the last three in a row!! - though that is some pattern

) and the way the voting works. Usually you get two or sometimes three photos which are the most popular and these stream ahead in the voting. The problem then is that those who have not voted see this and become influenced by it. I myself am guilty of it. eg if 2 photos had around 15 votes each and the next one after that was 3 or 4 - it is obvious that one of the two at 15 is more likely to win. Therefore instead of choosing from all the photos, you are more likely to pick from one of the 2 with the highest votes.
I know that there may be limitations within the software used for potw, but was wondering if it would be a good idea not to show the progress until the end of the week - or if that is not possible, the only other option would be to make the score only available to members - ie remove the score so that non members / not logged in members cannot see the scores.
Cheers
Richard