Quote Originally Posted by DrBurr View Post
You clearly don't understand what a secret ballot is because what you describe is a secret ballot.

Secret Ballot
1. A type of voting in which each person's vote is kept secret, but the amassed votes of various groups are revealed publicly.

What you proposed Is a people send the curator, or perhaps sub-curators, their votes and that they be tallied and placed in a table on the thread. But Until they are counted and tabled they are secret votes hence this is a secret ballot.

Enter any reader who wishes to get an idea of the current vote and they are completely dependent on Phantasm's schedule. Even if Phantasm posted that morning the current vote it could have already changed by the time lunch comes and anyone wishing to know the current status is using an outdated poll.
Who cares what the current status is? If you're only going to vote when the vote is either in your favor or close enough for you to try and swing it in your favor then I don't really care about your vote. You should be voting because you feel one way or the other about the quotes in question rather than because you want the illusion of feeling special when your vote is cast.