Being honest, we can easily hit the 50,000 but I wouldn't get my hopes up for anything more. Maybe 250,000 if enough people buy membership on 2nd accounts or all the bots vote.
I'm guessing there are maybe 400,000 or so members/2nd accounts that legitimately play the game. The rest are bots. Assuming there is a large percentage of people in favor of this (you have nothing to lose by voting yes, just gaining access to 07 servers).
Jagex is doing this because they realize they can easily make a quick buck and satisfy their consumers with an update like this. Even if the vote doesn't pass they will still gain some memberships from veterans who renewed just to vote.
13-Feb-2013 21:25:20