A vote is only honest if nobody can read the room before it closes. Two switches sit above Start vote, and both apply to everyone on the tab, not just to you.
Hide cursors
Hide cursors is on by default. While the vote is open, nobody sees anyone else's pointer, so the group cannot watch each other drift toward a favourite. A Board tab never shows other people's pointers in the first place (see Live Presence), so on a board this switch changes nothing you can see.
You can still see who is in the room: the initials on the tab stay put throughout, and a card someone has open still carries their name.
Hide running counts
Hide running counts is off by default. Turn it on for a blind vote: while it runs, each card's counter shows only your own dots, so you can still see and retract what you spent, but nobody can watch a total climb and pile on.
Show results reveals the real tallies and the winners together.
Both are fixed for the life of the vote
There is no way to turn them off halfway through, which is the point: end the vote and start another if you want different rules.
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