If theymos doesn't approve, he could simply not acknowledge the vote whatsoever and pick (or not pick) based on his own accord. It would be a let down, of course, but the vote will just be used to perhaps help in the decision.
This is the part that worries me because it's creating a default bias that unless Theymos objects that this should go through, which is the opposite order.
I actually think quite the opposite as I do not expect theymos to act based on these votes (alone or even just primarily).
I'm not voting. Even though it's not official, it can be used in the future against me to imply bias or favoritism.
That's a fair point. I think the best that we could do post-election is to *archive* the thread into the trashcan section. However, someone could still archive your vote in the meantime to use it against you at a later date. That said, I wouldn't understand someone using their vote against them (this in particular).