@anarchir -- Toyota has to approve each design before it's allowed into the competition. The FSPNASCAR design was actually denied multiple times before they let it in (they didn't like "freestateproject.org" being on the car, which is why it just says "Free State Project" everywhere now
). And the Free State Project isn't really a "political" organization ... it's quite vocal about the fact that its only purpose is to get a certain type of person to move to New Hampshire. So, technically, the FSP is not an overtly political organization, and I suspect that's why they allowed us to compete in the first place.
Regardless of whether or not we get disqualified in the next phase of the competition, the amount of people that will see the design leading up to that point could be huge ... if we keep it in a place where it's easy to see (atop the leaderboard). Toyota is already actively advertising this contest during NASCAR telecasts, and there are already over twelve thousand entries after nine days. It's not unrealistic to think that hundreds of thousands, potentially millions, will go to the site before the top ten are announced in early April ... and see the Free State Project near (ideally IN) the lead.
So regardless of whether or not we win ... or even make it to the next round ... the payoff could be huge. We can only control what we control, and we control whether or not we maximize our vote. Focus on that and don't worry about the other stuff.
KEEP VOTING and
KEEP PUSHING.