diff --git a/code/game/g_cmds.c b/code/game/g_cmds.c
index 72821f6e..aaa1f8f6 100644
--- a/code/game/g_cmds.c
+++ b/code/game/g_cmds.c
@@ -1391,7 +1391,7 @@ void Cmd_Vote_f( gentity_t *ent ) {
 
 	trap_Argv( 1, msg, sizeof( msg ) );
 
-	if ( msg[0] == 'y' || msg[1] == 'Y' || msg[1] == '1' ) {
+	if ( tolower( msg[0] ) == 'y' || msg[0] == '1' ) {
 		level.voteYes++;
 		trap_SetConfigstring( CS_VOTE_YES, va("%i", level.voteYes ) );
 	} else {
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ void Cmd_TeamVote_f( gentity_t *ent ) {
 
 	trap_Argv( 1, msg, sizeof( msg ) );
 
-	if ( msg[0] == 'y' || msg[1] == 'Y' || msg[1] == '1' ) {
+	if ( tolower( msg[0] ) == 'y' || msg[0] == '1' ) {
 		level.teamVoteYes[cs_offset]++;
 		trap_SetConfigstring( CS_TEAMVOTE_YES + cs_offset, va("%i", level.teamVoteYes[cs_offset] ) );
 	} else {