# Votes not being released after close

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/votes-not-being-released-after-close/96394>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** topic-voting\
**Created:** [September 5, 2018, 8:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/votes-not-being-released-after-close/96394 "2018-09-05T08:47:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![featheredtoast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/featheredtoast/32/116994_2.png) [@featheredtoast](https://meta.discourse.org/u/featheredtoast)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 12:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/votes-not-being-released-after-close/96394/13 "2018-10-01T12:09:00Z")

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That’s not what it means. You have a certain amount of votes that you can use at any given time, which should be reclaimed after a vote (you can vote on more things after old voting topics close). It wasn’t happening, and now it is. That is the bug being discussed.

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