# Votes not being returned on topic close **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug\ **Tags:** topic-voting\ **Created:** [December 7, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/votes-not-being-returned-on-topic-close/287963 "2023-12-07T16:35:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Luke\_Cousins](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/luke_cousins/32/223644_2.png) [@Luke\_Cousins](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Luke_Cousins)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/votes-not-being-returned-on-topic-close/287963/1 "2023-12-07T16:35:09Z")
> [@Discourse Topic Voting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-topic-voting/40121/1): > > If the topic is closed or archived, the votes are released to the users and can be applied to other topics but the vote count on the topic remains. I don’t think this is working properly if the topic is closed with a topic timer. We’ve had a few users report that this is a problem. We’ve just had [it again](https://community.breww.com/t/get-your-votes-back-when-something-is-complete/3561) and assuming he is correct when he says he is out of votes, he (at time of writing) has [20 votes cast](https://community.breww.com/u/justin-hutton/activity/votes) (which is our limit) and one of these topics is closed, so he should have one spare vote. We’ve had this mentioned a number of previous times, but they have always told us after they have “removed” their old votes so I’ve been unable to verify it. 99% of our votable threads are closed via a topic timer of a number of days since the last reply, so I suspect the bug may be originating here? We’re on the latest plugin version and very recently updated discourse itself: ![Screenshot 2023-12-07 at 16.40.42](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/b/a/6baa29889f88b7e4f744dd06a36de222964d49fd.png) Thanks for the otherwise, incredible platform - we love it! 🙏 --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/votes-not-being-returned-on-topic-close/287963)._