You don't have to power it all down. You could just not self-vote at all. That's easy enough to prove. And then rather than having to wait 13 weeks to get zeroed out, you could start next week.

Another option is for you to start another account using bittrex. I don't know how to do it, but I know it can be done.

I think it's cool what you're trying to show though. I hope it goes well!