It is, as is the reposting of content. I do not think auto votes need to go away, but to place blame on a person that repost and then gets a lot of rewards is not right. The person re-posting is not at fault for the excessive rewards. Having them state it is a re-post is not going to stop the auto votes from rolling in.
Excessive rewards can only be placed on one group, and that is the individuals voting via auto votes.