[Katie_UPS]

I'm not in animation, so this is completely outsider perspective but:

I don't think peer voting is that bad. It lets animation teams see all the animations. They can see where they should improve, what they did well... If I'm remembering correctly, our animators went to a forum-type meeting to vote. This allows your animators to meet other animators, network, ask questions, etc.

I've only been around for four years, but I don't remember any "animation campaining" at any of the events I attended... I do believe that 90% of the time, the best animation wins.

...but like I said, I'm not an animator.