While there's a lot of information about the discrepancy between votes displayed in the admin center and the API, I can't find documentation on the difference between total votes and net votes. I would think Total Votes is the number of votes ever cast, while Net Votes accounts for removed votes.
For example, if three people vote on an article and one of the three later remove their vote the Total Votes would be three, but Net Votes would be two.
Is this correct?