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Can we make delete votes work the same as close votes? [duplicate]

Normally, if users A, B, C, D, and E close a question, and V, W, X, Y, and Z reopen it again, A can't vote to close again (same for the rest of the original closers). However, with delete votes, you ...
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18 votes
3 answers
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Why can I vote to both reopen and delete a question at the same time?

I voted to reopen this question (Merry Christmas to all and God bless). My reopen vote was recorded, but I saw that the 'delete' option was still available. Out of curiosity, I decided to "vote" to ...
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217 votes
3 answers
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Add the ability to retract reopen and delete votes

It seems that now we can retract close votes but we cannot retract reopen votes or delete votes. I am trying to retract my reopen vote here but it does not allow me to. Can we have that ability?
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5 votes
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Why don't delete votes expire? [duplicate]

According to this question, reopen-votes have an expiry time (4 days) whenever the post has more than 100 viewers. However, another fact is that delete votes never expire, and only 3 such votes are ...
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2 votes
2 answers
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Question with 4 reopen votes and 4 delete votes

This seemingly popular question has 4 reopen votes and 4 delete votes. But it was closed by a moderator (Will) as not constructive. As I see the question, it's not really subjective (it is answerable)...
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5 votes
1 answer
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After voting to close, delete and reopen, I can't cast a close vote

When the OP posted this question, the contents looked like "AAAA AAAA AAAAAAAAA". Obviously, no-one was going to understand this, so we downvoted and voted to close. After closure, I immediately voted ...
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16 votes
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Should we allow a mere 5 reopen votes to nullify any number of delete votes?

Browsing through the delete queue in /tools, I often come across a few questions where the bottom links read something like reopen (1) delete (6). The number of delete votes required is scaled by the ...
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