Thanks Weborithm…here’s the correct code if anyone wants to reverse the order:
$return .= '<div class="wp-showdown-votenumbers"><span class="wp-showdown-captionnot">'.$notcaption.'</span>';
$return .= '<span class="wp-showdown-voteclass"><a href="javascript:AssignWinner(1);">1</a></span>';
$return .= '<span class="wp-showdown-voteclass"><a href="javascript:AssignWinner(2);">2</a></span>';
$return .= '<span class="wp-showdown-voteclass"><a href="javascript:AssignWinner(3);">3</a></span>';
$return .= '<span class="wp-showdown-voteclass"><a href="javascript:AssignWinner(4);">4</a></span>';
$return .= '<span class="wp-showdown-voteclass"><a href="javascript:AssignWinner(5);">5</a></span>';
$return .= '<span class="wp-showdown-voteclass"><a href="javascript:AssignWinner(6);">6</a></span>';
$return .= '<span class="wp-showdown-voteclass"><a href="javascript:AssignWinner(7);">7</a></span>';
$return .= '<span class="wp-showdown-voteclass"><a href="javascript:AssignWinner(8);">8</a></span>';
$return .= '<span class="wp-showdown-voteclass"><a href="javascript:AssignWinner(9);">9</a></span>';
$return .= '<span class="wp-showdown-voteclass"><a href="javascript:AssignWinner(10);">10</a></span>';
$return .= '<span class="wp-showdown-captionhot">'.$hotcaption.'</span></div>';