„The Vichniac Vote (after Gerard Vichniac who first experimented with it), is a lesson in conformity. Each cell is particularly susceptible to peer-group pressure and looks to its neighbors to observe the current trend. If the cell’s color is in the majority, it remains unchanged. If it’s in the minority, it changes. To ensure that there is an odd number of cells on which to make the decision, the cell includes its own current state in addition to its eight neighbors in making the calculation.“ (Matt Pearson, „Generative Art“)
Picture generation involved around 1M cells in a couple of 100k iterations.