If the winners were around just before deadline, to adjust votes as needed, there would have been almost no difference between the two interpretations.
I mean, by even having to think about moving votes like that it's inherently very different, so this doesn't mean much. But it really doesn't matter now.
To be clear, I'm not asking faust to justify, change, or do anything, so no one needs to defend or explain anything. I overlooked the most recent instruction, and so the results didn't match my expectations based on the votes. It was clearly done correctly according to the most direct instructions, so I explained why I even raised the question in the first place and that it was my mistake based on reading a much earlier post. It's really no big deal. And besides, faust said he might look into different methods of voting in future rounds anyway, so if anything, just consider my comments as feedback to be considered in the future.
I think my only issue with the votes this round at all would be not considering the alternate votes as the method of breaking the tie as opposed to random roll, but I do like consolidating everything into one voting process instead of dragging it out with two distinct votes.