why not just make a poll for voting?

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i was going to but there's no way to hide the RESULTS from viewers even though you can hide WHO specifically voted - and i was afraid the viewable results might sway some people's votes...(i.e. "i was going to vote for 185 but since i see that NO ONE has voted for that one and 190 is almost winning, i'll just vote for that one instead.")

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But one can't see the results of a poll until after one has voted. Are you afraid people will change their votes, is that it?

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yes, i was afraid of that. :) i like the feature on dreamwidth but for a contest, i don't want people changing their votes. maybe they'll make the "change vote" option user-determined in the future. :)

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The option to change your vote was also available on LJ; if you click on "Fill out poll" in the poll view, you can modify your answers. Just mentioning it in case you ever need to change a vote over on LJ :o)

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Oh thanks!! I thought it was new with Dreamwidth!

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You can click on the poll number in the header and see the answers without voting.

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Oh interesting! I didn't know that!

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