diff --git a/src/votes.ts b/src/votes.ts
index c7db3a8..49d723a 100644
--- a/src/votes.ts
+++ b/src/votes.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ export class VoteManager<SessionData extends {}> extends EventEmitter<VoteEventM
 	start(player:FishPlayer, newVote:number, data:SessionData){
 		if(data === null) crash(`Cannot start vote: data not provided`);
 		this.session = {
-			timer: Timer.schedule(() => this._checkVote(false), this.voteTime / 1000),
+			timer: Timer.schedule(() => {
+				FishPlayer.forEachPlayer((player) => {
+					if(player.afk()) return this.unvote(player);
+				})
+				this._checkVote(false)}, this.voteTime / 1000),
 			votes: new Map(),
 			data,
 		};
@@ -61,6 +65,7 @@ export class VoteManager<SessionData extends {}> extends EventEmitter<VoteEventM
 	}
 
 	vote(player:FishPlayer, newVote:number, data:SessionData | null){
+		if(player.afk()) return outputFail(`afk players can't vote, please do /afk to vote `)
 		if(!this.session) return this.start(player, newVote, data!);
 		const oldVote = this.session.votes.get(player.uuid);
 		this.session.votes.set(player.uuid, newVote);
@@ -127,4 +132,4 @@ export class VoteManager<SessionData extends {}> extends EventEmitter<VoteEventM
 			this.resetVote();
 		}
 	}
-}
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+}