In my opinion, questions should be exempt from voting completely. Homework aside, a poor quality question still represents someone needing some assistance, and if we -- a question, what exactly are we conveying? Do we really want the OP to restate the question?
I see the voting as almost a Darwinian system designed to encourage high-quality answers. ++ complete, thoughtful, accurate, or maybe just succinct answers. -- obvious "me too" duplicates, inappropriate golfing, non-portable solutions (where it matters), inefficient or just plain wrong answers.
That's what my votes have come to mean.
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