Is the vote kick system improperly implemented for how it's actually being used?

[Evumeimei]

Because they are the target of the vote. No democracy allows you to vote for or against yourself.

But in the case where the party is perfectly split in terms of opinions, the issue arises where the first person to resort to using vote dismiss has a clear advantage. In the example of wanting big/small pulls with a 50/50 split, is there really even a good reason to vote kick someone?

They need to adjust it to be a majority of the total party number. 2 people should not decide for a group of 4 that they want to remove someone, especially not so then they can just abandon the last person without any penalty. It should be 3 yes votes and at least 5 in a party of 8.

Exactly. It should require 3 out of 4 members to agree on the vote dismiss for it to go through.