If anyone hasn't yet heard the news, the polling option to keep the vote hidden until the poll closes has be incorporated. As an experiment, the November vote results will be hidden until the voting period ends, and we'll see how we like it.
The official announcement:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...70#post1756470
The test thread (poll ends at 2:53 PM today):
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=151110