diff --git a/app/models/visitor.rb b/app/models/visitor.rb
index 29f5949..9d3f584 100644
--- a/app/models/visitor.rb
+++ b/app/models/visitor.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ class Visitor < ActiveRecord::Base
        end
     end
 
+    if options.delete(:force_invalid_vote)
+      options.merge!(:valid_record => false)
+      options.merge!(:validity_information => "API call forced invalid vote")
+    end
+
     associate_appearance = false
     if options[:appearance_lookup] 
        @appearance = prompt.appearances.find_by_lookup(options.delete(:appearance_lookup))
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