Yes in a sense. It is also to introduce new items that do not have a price controlled by staff and benefit players that vote and they can make even more money than before by voting for the unique items and selling them for high since they are the current loyal voters of the server. This will allow voters to make more money from rich players who have the money and are willing to buy the items which causes "flow" in the eco, instead of putting 8k into the eco per person per day.
~ @Summers
I would get data on why people are not voting, instead of finding ways to force them to vote. When I did my surveys and had hundreds of replies, we gained valuable data, and players saw some change they wanted to see.
This is MeepCraft's issue, they consistently try to force behavior, rather than motivating people to do things.
Want more votes? Get more players.
Want more players? Ditch this stupid mini-game crap and all the lost and wasted investments made towards that nothingness and go back to the proven success MeepCraft had before.
