Counting in the Index View

I'm very new to cakePHP and the MVC concept in general, so forgive me
if there's an obvious answer to this question.

In my View function in my Controller I have a find() that counts the
number of times a user has voted on an object based on that object's
id which is being passed in to the View function:

function view($id = null) {
...
$timesVoted = $this->Object->Vote->find('count', array('conditions'
=> array('Vote.object_id' => $id, 'Vote.user_id' => $this->Auth-
>user('id'))));
$this->set('timesVoted', $timesVoted);
...
}

This works great. The count is returned. Now, how can I do the same
count in my Index function without that object id being passed in?

function index() {
// I can define my set of objects to loop through in the view:
$this->set('currentObjects', $this->Object->find('all',
array('order' => array('Object.modified DESC'), 'limit' => 20)));

// Now I need to once again count the number of times a user has
voted on each one of these 20 objects. Can I do that count here in the
Controller or in my $currentObjects foreach loop in my view? I can't
seem to find an obvious way to do it.
}

Any nudge in the right direction would be appreciated. I've been
reading about Elements and requestAction(), but those methods seem
like overkill for what seems to be a simple task.

Thanks,
Cale

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