Can decaying modes save void models for acceleration?
  The unexpected dimness of Type Ia supernovae (SNe), apparently due to
accelerated expansion driven by some form of dark energy or modified gravity,
has led to attempts to explain the observations using only general relativity
with baryonic and cold dark matter, but by dropping the standard assumption of
homogeneity on Hubble scales. In particular, the SN data can be explained if we
live near the centre of a Hubble-scale void. However, such void models have
been shown to be inconsistent with various observations, assuming the void
consists of a pure growing mode. Here it is shown that models with significant
decaying mode contribution today can be ruled out on the basis of the expected
cosmic microwave background spectral distortion. This essentially closes one of
the very few remaining loopholes in attempts to rule out void models, and
strengthens the evidence for Hubble-scale homogeneity.
