It kind of is a fraud though, or at least the way it was presented to us was. I voted
after the two week period and I was convinced that my vote would you know, count for Smash 4's DLC. I'm not upset that I lost, but that they kind of misdirected us, they should have closed it within two weeks if they were only going to use the two weeks, or be more transparent about it. I'm not "raging" about it though.
Also, this doesn't prove anything but I think it's notable:
https://mynintendonews.com/2012/05/...-sakurai-caught-sneaking-into-platinum-games/
Sakurai went to Platinum games before the ballot was a thing, and this could mean Bayonetta was planned BEFORE the ballot if he was say, trying to get the rights to her or something while he was there. Because of that I kind of doubt they even just did the whole 2 weeks thing, feels more like it just happened to be when they added the inevitable placeholders than them waiting to see results, but I could be wrong lol.