Received this email today:

It has been determined that you have solicited votes for your Style Statement Board on a general public blog/forum, please see attached, which violates the official rules of the contest. Per the official rules,  participants who spam (send unwanted email or electronic messages) or create false accounts for the purpose of casting votes will have their votes disqualified and their submissions may be voided and the Sponsor may disqualify any vote or Contest Entry if Entrant or related parties violate any of the terms and conditions attached to the Sweepstakes or these Official Rules.

I feel a little annoyed because I feel like the contest is accusing me of cheating, which I would never ever do. I read the rules at the start of the contest and nowhere in the rules did it say that you could not exchange votes, it said that you cannot spam or create false accounts, but I didnt do either of these things!

Exactly, Amy!! I went back to the contest and it looks like a lot of people who were in the lead with a lot of votes (who I am assuming they got from exchaning votes on forums just like this) have been disqualified because I

For me, its more the principle of the matter than anything else..the rules do not forbid asking for votes on forums/blogs, so it is unfair to disqualify people for that.

Thank you for confirming that I am not a crazy person and that the rules are unclear