After all. We normally read the post before voting don't we?

Definitely agree with that one - I'd say the most logical change would be to simply have the vote radio buttons at the bottom of a note. I wish it were actually possible with CSS in the User settings, the way you can put the nodelets bar on the left side of the screen if you so desire, so that it would not require divine intervention - but alas..

Makeshifts last the longest.