Hard, yes, but Noctis may have had flavor cop or something to help in narrowing the pool.
On the other hand giving a player name makes it almost too easy. Sit back while the target gets some votes and then snipe a hammer/deadline. Or when it's presumably endgame just stick the vote on the target and let scum go to town.(Or if the lynchee is scum, town loves ya for netting a baddie)