Apparently there is a hidden rule, that if there are less than 10 votes when they close registrations, then registrations remain open for that country.
Didn't know anything about that. Seems like a very old rule, from back in the 50k+ users times. Nowadays there are a lot of small communities in BB with a lot less than 10 votes in total.
Besides in the past few seasons (since the exclamation mark implementation) we have been getting 30+ votes in elections steadily. Seems a bit hard to believe they were less than 10 at that stage this season but with the holidays and all - not impossible.
Could be worth changing the rule imo, or at the very least bringing the number down from 10 to 3-5.
Anyways, thanks for the update and best of luck with the exhaustion thing. Not looking bright at all there...