Possible reason the vote controller may be hanging

Created by: gbasood

(E) (C) (M) voting = /list (32) 
1 [0x5000005] = Micano /client 
2 [0x5000004] = Killette2 /client 
3 [0x5000007] = Sj_benster /client 
4 [0x500000a] = Ghlor /client 
5 [0x5000012] = Pseudonym /client 
6 [0x5000011] = Gigiekk /client 
7 [0x5000014] = Small_Boss /client 
8 [0x5000016] = Sarah Johnson /client 
9 [0x5000015] = Kammerjunk /client 
10 [0x500000f] = LizardQueen /client 
11 [0x500000b] = TheMegaGoat /client 
12 [0x5000000] = Ziekr /client 
13 [0x5000001] = HonestHeuristic /client 
14 [0x5000002] = Hoshi-chan /client 
15 [0x5000008] = Manfreed /client 
16 [0x500000e] = Carshalash /client 
17 [0x5000019] = Xevonix /client 
18 [0x500001a] = Jubisloviu /client 
19 = null 
20 [0x5000017] = JeanVoerman /client 
21 [0x5000006] = Sordine /client 
22 [0x500000c] = Yred /client 
23 [0x500001b] = Graffster /client 
24 [0x500001d] = Deity Link /client 
25 [0x500001e] = Blithering /client 
26 [0x500001f] = Bitter Vanilla /client 
27 [0x5000020] = Kurba /client 
28 [0x5000021] = Invoid9 /client 
29 [0x5000018] = Merkurlicht /client 
30 [0x5000013] = JoeMother0 /client 
31 [0x5000003] = Konater /client 
32 [0x5000009] = SacredAtom /client

This is the voting list from end of last round. Note the 'null'. Does the process hang on null clients in the list, maybe?