Bug fix week

[Lutger]

Steven Schveighoffer wrote:

> On Thu, 27 May 2010 15:34:38 -0400, Don <nospam at nospam.com> wrote:
> 
>> Votes however are definitely not ignored.
>> If you search bugzilla, you'll find that there are 86 closed bugs which
>> still have votes for them! Compared with 228 open bugs.
>> So the votes themeselves are far from up-to-date.
> 
> Indeed, it would be nice if bugzilla reminded you that you have votes for
> closed bugs.  Every time I go to vote for a bug, I remove my votes from
> any closed bugs (which are obvious with the strikethrough text).  But I
> don't notice that until I go to vote for one.  If it reminded me every
> time I logged in that I have votes for closed bugs, then I might pay
> better attention.
> 
> -Steve

What is the purpose of votes for closed bugs anyway? Should they not just get removed automatically?