diff --git a/addons/sourcemod/scripting/nativevotes/game.sp b/addons/sourcemod/scripting/nativevotes/game.sp
index 0f63128..e132bbc 100644
--- a/addons/sourcemod/scripting/nativevotes/game.sp
+++ b/addons/sourcemod/scripting/nativevotes/game.sp
@@ -2368,6 +2368,8 @@ static void TF2CSGO_SendOptionsToClient(NativeVote vote, int client)
 	}
 	optionsEvent.SetInt("count", itemCount);
 	optionsEvent.FireToClient(client);
+	// FireToClient does not close the handle, so we call Cancel() to do that for us.
+	optionsEvent.Cancel();
 }
 
 static void CSGO_VotePass(const char[] translation, const char[] details, int team, int client=0)
@@ -3553,4 +3555,4 @@ stock bool Game_IsVoteTypeYesNo(NativeVotesType voteType)
 	}
 	
 	return true;
-}
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+}