I am completely opposed to closed voting -- we already have too many people who vote and don't then participate, even when it's a book they voted for. Hiding the vote just accentuates that and makes it more likely that voting will be skewed by non-participants.
That being said, I think the voting mechanism is not the issue -- participation is. Perhaps we should consider weighted voting - with prior participation leading to increased voting shares. I'm not sure I'm proposing that, but I'd be more than willing to discuss it.
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