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Today I saw "Test to see if User/Pass entered for a WebService are correct or not", realized it was a duplicate and voted to close it.

I then saw in the comments that I had voted to close it four days ago!

How did that happen? There were no close votes listed at all, and I was permitted to vote to close it today!

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marked as duplicate by gnat, Tobias Kienzler, Martijn Pieters, Danubian Sailor, Aziz Shaikh Aug 29 '13 at 12:15

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We now use a form of sliding expiration, so as long as close/reopen votes keep arriving at the rate of at least one every 4 days, they will not expire.

Once the votes do expire, vote aging happens every 24 hours, so you can expect the remaining very old close/reopen votes to expire at the rate of 1 per day after that, unless of course someone casts another close/reopen vote in which case the expiration timer resets to 4 days.

Also, if the question has <= 100 views, no expiration on close (or reopen) votes is done at all.

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Close votes age away after 4 days if the question is not closed, according to the FAQ.

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