As a new user, you should not be able to vote until you've read x number of posts or spent x number of days on the site to understand the culture. This is not

As a new user, you should not be able to vote until you've read x number of posts or spent x number of days on the site to understand the culture. This is not the same as just not counting the votes. Point here is by preventing voting you're explicitly communicating your expectations to the new user.