^ Hi , Mitch!
Welcome to the board!
I agreed with what you did. Additionally, it's your poll! You can do what you want! If you had chosen to throw out ballots, I don't think anyone would complain except those who's ballots were removed from consideration. In that case it would be between them and you why the ballots were questionable and why, if at all, they should be included in the results.
No one is paying you to do this. I am certain that one of your original motivations for doing this was for fun!