I have regenerated my SP and plan to upvote the nominated posts, but, 29 * 3???
I have been doing 12-20% for each nominated post. (14% x 87) 12.18 full votes worth (estimated the 14%)
Plus 15% for the entry post (15% x 29) 4.35 full votes worth
Plus all the comments on the main post get 15% and I upvote many other comments on the main page. Lets just call that 5 full votes worth (but it's more).
Total votes over the 7 days going towards this contest directly is 21-22 of my total 70 votes for the week. That doesn't count the people who I upvote their "thank you" comment when I comment on their posts, or the ones I boost all their comments past the dust threshold, or the votes on comments from the Winners Post. If I had to guess over 50% of my weeks votes are going to the contest or to support those who support the contest.
Mind you most of my voting power is leased so I'm paying to have this level of SP. So this is an added cost too.
Next week I am changing my votes on the contest page to 8% for all entries, but up to 16% if the entry was really good. This will reward more of the bounty to those who I think did a better job finding quality bloggers to feature. This will reward more of the bounty based on effort.
I am no longer voting on any comments that aren't an entry unless it's a judge or sponsor as they deserve rewards for their efforts IMO.
I am not yet 1/3 done and this might not be sustainable in the future ...
In the long run, I'll focus on the effort - those who made an eligible entry.
Posts and nominees? I think it will be up to everyone to upvote according to his / her interests.