WTAP spoke with representatives from ESPN for quite some time Friday and here's what they had to say.

First, regarding the server being down Thursday:

ESPN has confirmed it was a WORLDWIDE problem.

Second, how long was the server down?

Several hours. But it was restored to everyone at the same time so no one city got an edge on voting over another.

Third, ESPN confirmed Friday that only one vote can be cast per computer system.

One vote and that's it.

We've heard some people are getting their computers to continuously vote but from what ESPN has told us, we aren't sure if your multiple votes are counting.