I'm so glad someone is looking at the topic of using their Steem Power maliciously to down-vote users they disagree with. I believe voting or down-voting apparatus is supposed to be used based on the post or comment itself. Not because of who posted it but rather what was posted.

There is a phenomenon of getting on a "downvote user" list, where whatever content you add, you will get down-voted. This is a long standing issue. The down-votes were supposed to allow owners of Steem Power to police others, but then who polices those making the down-votes?

The new owner of Steemit knows what it is like to get down-votes on her/his post when it is really born out of animosity against the user.