diff --git a/src/routes/voteOnSponsorTime.js b/src/routes/voteOnSponsorTime.js
index 506c6db..0b75b49 100644
--- a/src/routes/voteOnSponsorTime.js
+++ b/src/routes/voteOnSponsorTime.js
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ async function voteOnSponsorTime(req, res) {
 
         // Only change the database if they have made a submission before and haven't voted recently
         let ableToVote = isVIP 
-                        || (db.prepare("get", "SELECT count(*) as count FROM sponsorTimes WHERE userID = ?", [nonAnonUserID]).count > 0
-                        && privateDB.prepare("get", "SELECT count(*) as count FROM votes WHERE UUID = ? AND hashedIP = ? AND userID != ?", [UUID, hashedIP, userID]).count === 0);
+                        || (db.prepare("get", "SELECT userID FROM sponsorTimes WHERE userID = ?", [nonAnonUserID]) !== undefined
+                        && privateDB.prepare("get", "SELECT UUID FROM votes WHERE UUID = ? AND hashedIP = ? AND userID != ?", [UUID, hashedIP, userID]) === undefined);
 
         if (ableToVote) {
             //update the votes table
diff --git a/test/cases/voteOnSponsorTime.js b/test/cases/voteOnSponsorTime.js
index 505f97d..c1776f6 100644
--- a/test/cases/voteOnSponsorTime.js
+++ b/test/cases/voteOnSponsorTime.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ describe('voteOnSponsorTime', () => {
     db.exec(startOfQuery + "('vote-multiple', 20, 33, 2, 'vote-uuid-7', 'testman', 0, 50, 'intro', 0)");
     db.exec(startOfQuery + "('voter-submitter', 1, 11, 2, 'vote-uuid-8', '" + getHash("randomID") + "', 0, 50, 'sponsor', 0)");
     db.exec(startOfQuery + "('voter-submitter2', 1, 11, 2, 'vote-uuid-9', '" + getHash("randomID2") + "', 0, 50, 'sponsor', 0)");
+    db.exec(startOfQuery + "('voter-submitter2', 1, 11, 2, 'vote-uuid-10', '" + getHash("randomID3") + "', 0, 50, 'sponsor', 0)");
 
     db.exec("INSERT INTO vipUsers (userID) VALUES ('" + getHash("VIPUser") + "')");
   }); 
@@ -57,6 +58,24 @@ describe('voteOnSponsorTime', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('Should not be able to downvote the same segment when voting from a different user on the same IP', (done) => {
+    request.get(utils.getbaseURL() 
+     + "/api/voteOnSponsorTime?userID=randomID3&UUID=vote-uuid-2&type=0", null, 
+      (err, res, body) => {
+        if (err) done(err);
+        else if (res.statusCode === 200) {
+          let row = db.prepare('get', "SELECT votes FROM sponsorTimes WHERE UUID = ?", ["vote-uuid-2"]);
+          if (row.votes === 9) {
+            done()
+          } else {
+            done("Vote did not fail. Submission went from 9 votes to " + row.votes);
+          }
+        } else {
+          done("Status code was " + res.statusCode);
+        }
+    });
+  });
+
   it("Should not be able to upvote a segment if the user hasn't submitted yet", (done) => {
     request.get(utils.getbaseURL() 
      + "/api/voteOnSponsorTime?userID=hasNotSubmittedID&UUID=vote-uuid-1&type=1", null,