I spoke with asgarth privately, but not enough to solve all my questions.
I did that by working with the ui trying to figure out my next move.
It seems that I was wrong about what the changes really were.
Ya'll have done a good job with this.
The votes are not hidden on another interface, they are still there, just in a different place.
I will make a post that makes it clear that I was wrong, and your design was a good one.