The reason for the vote, to avoid this question in the future is because we have learned from past experiences that starting a roleplay with two opposing factions never works quite right in the beginning. One side gets lopsided with activity while the other side dies, and it sucks for players that only make one character who can't handle multiple or don't want to.
So more races will become an option in the future. For the start we would like to stick to just one race. Get the group going before bringing in more.