With all the talk about the rules, we have forgotten about the settings.
As you can see in this thread:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=91039 , Archipelago and Random tied IF you add all archipelago votes together. This has been pointed out sever times in this thread (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=91354) but no action has been taken...

This poll will be open for 5 days.

Well i voted random, so to you know keep the game random.

btw are we decided that were not using a custom map, were not, oh good.

I dont like archipelago, Random.

Lets see. I have a King, Queen, and a Random

OMG, I voted random. Anything but Archipelago, please.

OMG, I voted random. Anything but Archipelago, please.
how did that win anyway?

how did that win anyway?
if u add all of the votes from archipelago in the other poll(add arc 60, arc 70, and arc 80) it adds up to the same number that random does