Just made a post about a possible solution - allow people to select how many high powered votes they want to have available. That way the power users aren't being limited and the less active users aren't 'wasting' their voting power.

https://steemit.com/steem/@steemgrindr/big-changes-are-coming-take-control-of-your-voting-power-a-proposed-solution-for-the-new-steem-candidate