[Pirate-M.Lifnen]

The reason we don't have a poll is because of last time.
The official thread became a huge flame war.
Cheating was suspected.
The whole community got mad at each other.
It just didn't work.

Not to mention how a poll will set up a popularity contest. Whereas this, the mods, and admin, are actually discussing who will make a better mod, based on qualifications that a good mod should have. They're determining who would make the best mod, rather than "who is the coolest."

And, at the very end of it, this site is owned by the admin, and he's the one who is in charge of all his staff. He must have seen that the election didn't go as well as it should have, and rather than take that same gamble again, he'd make sure that he gets it right this time.