Yep. Because the *theory* goes: - This is a poor answer, I will give it a -1 - If they want to rid themselves of the -1's, then they should improve their answer with an edit - If they edit it, everyone who has previously voted can re-cast their vote - If they don't edit it, then the original reasoning for your vote still stands See for more info: - http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/19021/request-change-in-behaviour-vote-too-old-to-be-changed-unless-post-is-edited - http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6250/vote-too-old-to-be-changed-unless-post-is-edited