"Votes are public."

[Tinhampton]

At the bottom of every poll, the following boilerplate small print appears:

Voting opened [TIME] ago and will close in [TIME]. Open to [A PARTICULAR CATEGORY OF NATIONS]. Votes are public.

Pollsters are given a choice as to how long their poll can last, and to which categories of nations can vote in their poll. The final three words - "Votes are public" - insinuates that they are also given a choice as to whether or not anybody can click on the VOTERS tab and find out who's voted for what; however, this is not the case.

Why does "Votes are public" continue to appear as boilerplate text, and are there any plans to introduce secret balloting?

[Phydios]

I don't see the implication. "Votes are public" means "Votes are public", not "You have chosen to make votes public". I think the point of that line is to tell the player "You can restrict voting to a certain category of nations, but the results will remain public."